Game Theory—Interest Conflicts and Harmony in a Fractured Society

Author: Sun Liping
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Publish Date: 2006-01-13
Features: "Game" is a foreign term referring to competition conducted under certain rules. Game theory is "the study of how decision-making agents behave when interacting directly, how people make decisions, and how these decisions reach equilibrium." In everyday language, game theory is a theory that studies strategic choices in different contexts. This book attempts to elaborate on games and their practices from aspects such as interest equilibrium mechanisms, transforming growth models, the three propositions proposed by Lang Xianping, state-owned enterprise reforms, real estate games, the football revolution, urbanization, healthcare reforms, interest groups, and emergencies. The book is detailed and holds certain guiding significance for China's reforms. China has entered an "era of interests." It can be said that in 2005, one of the most prominent themes in China was the game of interests, and many events and phenomena in social life were closely related to this factor. This raises a series of questions: How can institutional arrangements be provided for the game of interests? How can the game of interests be ensured to proceed relatively fairly? How can the inevitable conflicts and contradictions in the process of the game of interests be resolved? This book discusses the topic of interest conflicts and harmony in a fractured society from aspects such as interest equilibrium mechanisms, transforming growth models, the three propositions proposed by Lang Xianping, state-owned enterprise reforms, real estate games, the football revolution, urbanization, healthcare reforms, interest groups, and emergencies. The content is systematic, connects theory with practice, and directly addresses some major issues in modern life. Readers who are concerned about national affairs and economic development may find it worthwhile to read.