[Review] Hidden Games (Erez Yoeli) Summarized.

[Review] Hidden Games (Erez Yoeli) Summarized.
9natree
[Review] Hidden Games (Erez Yoeli) Summarized.

May 16 2026 | 00:08:02

/
Episode May 16, 2026 00:08:02

Show Notes

Hidden Games (Erez Yoeli)

- Amazon USA Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09S3ZDSZL?tag=9natree-20
- Amazon Worldwide Store: https://global.buys.trade/Hidden-Games-Erez-Yoeli.html

- Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/hidden-games/id1596483327?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1001l3bAw&ct=9natree

- eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Hidden+Games+Erez+Yoeli+&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5339060787&customid=9natree&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
- Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/B09S3ZDSZL/

#hiddengames #strategicincentives #socialsignaling #fairnessnorms #crediblecommitment #HiddenGames

Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior is a popular social science book by economists Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli. It examines why actions that seem irrational, emotional, biased, or morally inconsistent may make more sense when understood as responses to strategic situations. The book belongs at the intersection of game theory, behavioral economics, evolutionary social science, and psychology, but it is written for nontechnical readers rather than specialists in mathematics. Its central purpose is to revive game theory as a tool for explaining puzzling human behavior without reducing people to perfectly calculating agents. Hoffman and Yoeli argue that many choices are shaped by hidden incentives, reputational pressures, signaling problems, and social norms that operate below conscious awareness. The result is a framework that neither dismisses irrationality as mere error nor treats every decision as deliberate optimization, but instead asks what social game a behavior may be serving.

Other Episodes