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About my guest:
Moshe Hoffman is a Lecturer at Harvard's Department of Economics and an Independent Scholar.
Moshe has previously been employed at Harvard's Department of Mathematics, MIT's Media Lab, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. Moshe obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and his B.S. in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Moshe applies game theory, models of learning and evolution, and human subject experiments, to decipher the (often non-conscious) role incentives play in shaping our behavior, preferences, and ideologies.
Together with Erez Yoeli, he co-designed and teaches "Game Theory and Social Behavior" which lays out this approach. The approach is also presented in their recent book "Hidden Games", published with Basic Books, and in this research statement. His experimental work is done in close collaboration with Bethany Burum, who also teaches a handful of related courses at Harvard's Department of Psychology.
Unpacking Game Theory