Games Indians Play, V Raghunathan
Games Indians Play, V Raghunathan
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Games Indians Play

Author: V Raghunathan

Narrator: Gaurav Marwa

Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/19/2019

Synopsis

In a rare attempt to understand the Indianness of Indians-among the most intelligent people in the world, but also, to a dispassionate eye, perhaps the most baffling-V. Raghunathan uses the props of game theory and behavioral economics to provide an insight into the difficult conundrum of why we are the way we are. He puts under the scanner our attitudes towards rationality and irrationality, selflessness and selfishness, competition and cooperation, and collaboration and deception. Drawing examples from the way we behave in day-to-day situations, Games Indians Play tries to show how in the long run each one of us-whether businessmen, politicians, bureaucrats, or just plain us-stand to profit more if we were to assume a little self-regulation, give fairness a chance and strive to cooperate and collaborate a little more even if self-interest were to be our main driving force.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aryan on February 13, 2022

The author uses Game Theoretic Framework to answer the questions on why Corruption is so wide spread in India, why we are not much interested in public cleanliness etc. While parts of the book was entertaining, I did not like the Author's looking down attitude towards his fellow countrymen.......more

Goodreads review by E.T. on October 31, 2019

Firstly, this is not about games but game theory. The author uses game theory to explain why Indians lack civic sense and he does a good job of it - for beginners atleast ! Have read a bit about game theory earlier in “The Selfish Gene” by Dawkins and we all know the problems of and in India. What ab......more

Goodreads review by Sundar on November 04, 2014

one word about this book ,' Enlightening'. I was a little bit not so sure how one can do the job explaining why India/Indians are this way. Why do we have filthy cities,chaotic traffic where everyone flouts the rules, etc.., This book explains, using Game theory, how we are ruining ourselves by think......more

Goodreads review by Aditya on January 10, 2016

Having studied game theory in my first term of MBA made this book an exciting read. V Raghunathan has done a quiet detailed research on the reasons of Indians breaking rules, though I must say, the author, at times takes a very defensive stance, about his views not being the only right view, which a......more

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