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Game theory-the study of how people make choices while interacting with others-is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago-over a century before its mathematical development during the Cold War. Jane Austen, Game Theorist shows how this beloved writer theorized choice and preferences, prized strategic thinking, and analyzed why superiors are often strategically clueless about inferiors. Exploring a diverse range of literature and folktales, this book illustrates the wide relevance of game theory and how, fundamentally, we are all strategic thinkers.

Game theory in literature. --- Game theory --- Rational choice theory. --- Social choice --- Games, Theory of --- Theory of games --- Mathematical models --- Mathematics --- Social aspects. --- Austen, Jane, --- Ao-ssu-ting, --- Ao-ssu-ting, Chien, --- Aosiding, --- Aosiding, Jian, --- Āsṭin̲, Jēn̲, --- Austenová, Jane, --- Osten, Dzheĭn, --- Ostin, Dzhein, --- Lady, --- Author of Sense and Sensibility, --- Остен, Джейн, --- Остен, Джейм, --- אוסטן, ג׳יין --- אוסטן, ג׳יין, --- أوستن، جين، --- Criticism and interpretation. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. --- African American folktales. --- Black Boy. --- Brer Rabbit. --- Cold War. --- Fallujah. --- Flossie Finley. --- Flossie and the Fox. --- Fox. --- Jane Austen. --- Malitis. --- Mansfield Park. --- Much Ado About Nothing. --- Northanger Abbey. --- Oklahoma!. --- Persuasion. --- Pride and Prejudice. --- Sense and Sensibility. --- Tar Baby. --- bargaining position. --- children. --- choice. --- civil rights movement. --- cluelessness. --- commensurability. --- constancy. --- economics. --- economism. --- economistic values. --- emotions. --- empathy. --- folk game theory. --- folktales. --- foresight. --- game theory. --- habit. --- human behavior. --- human nature. --- ideology. --- inconsequential games. --- instinct. --- intoxication. --- literature. --- manipulation. --- mental laziness. --- money-centrism. --- moral life. --- moralism. --- multiple selves. --- naivety. --- novels. --- penetration. --- power. --- preferences. --- presumption. --- pride. --- rational choice theory. --- resistance. --- rules. --- sagacity. --- self-management. --- self-reference. --- selfishness. --- slaves. --- social distance. --- social factors. --- social status. --- socialization. --- speculation. --- status maintenance. --- strategic partnership. --- strategic sophomores. --- strategic thinking. --- strategic wisdom. --- superiors.