Graph Theory Courses

Subgame Perfect Equilibrium - Wars of Attrition in Game Theory - Lecture 20

Explore game theory's "wars of attrition" in competitive scenarios. Analyze long, costly conflicts using rational strategies, equilibria, and probabilities. Gain insights into trench warfare, strikes, and business rivalries.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Best Responses in Game Theory - Soccer Penalties and Business Partnerships

Explore game theory concepts through soccer penalty kicks and business partnerships, focusing on best responses and introducing Nash Equilibrium.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Imperfect Information: Information Sets and Sub-game Perfection in Game Theory - Lecture 18

Explore game theory concepts like information sets, imperfect information games, and subgame perfection. Learn to analyze complex strategic interactions and refine equilibrium notions in sequential games.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Backward Induction - Reputation and Duels in Game Theory - Lecture 16

Explore game theory concepts like reputation-building, chain-store paradox, and dueling. Learn to apply dominance and backward induction in strategic decision-making and pre-emption games.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Badness of Death - Dying Alone and Value Theory - Lecture 16

Explores the concept of dying alone, challenges common beliefs about mortality, and introduces value theory to examine if death is inherently bad. Offers philosophical perspectives on confronting one's own mortality.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Personal Identity: Body Theory and Personality Theory - Part II

Explores philosophical theories of personal identity: body view and personality view. Examines implications of equating identity with physical body or unique set of beliefs, memories, and goals.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Personal Identity Across Space and Time - The Soul Theory - Lecture 10

Explore the philosophical concept of personal identity across time and space, examining the soul theory and its challenges in understanding what makes us the same person over time.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Marx's Theory of Capitalism - Foundations and Labor Theory of Value

Explore Marx's theory of capitalism, focusing on wealth creation, labor theory of value, exploitation, and surplus value. Gain insights into the foundations of Marxist economic thought.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Leverage Cycle and Crashes - Financial Theory Lecture 26

Explore mathematical models of leverage cycles, examining how supply, demand, impatience, and volatility affect interest rates and leverage, and learn to identify key elements of financial crises.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Backward Induction and Optimal Stopping Times in Financial Theory - Lecture 16

Explore backward induction in financial theory, from calculating default probabilities to solving optimal stopping problems like deciding when to marry, revealing the surprising value of options.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Yield Curve Arbitrage and Market Interest Rates - Financial Theory

Explore yield curve arbitrage, market interest rates, zero coupon bonds, and forward rates through Treasury bond analysis. Learn to infer future price trends using financial theory principles.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Financial Theory - Present Value and Basic Financial Instruments

Explore Shakespeare's economic insights and modern financial concepts like present value, bonds, annuities, and mortgages in this engaging lecture on financial theory.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Irving Fisher's Impatience Theory of Interest - Financial Theory Lecture

Explore Irving Fisher's theory on interest rates, examining how patience, future expectations, and wealth distribution impact economic equilibrium and asset pricing.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Present Value Prices and the Real Rate of Interest - Financial Theory

Explore Irving Fisher's model of financial equilibrium, understanding interest rates, present value prices, and asset pricing through the lens of general equilibrium theory.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Germ Theory of Disease - Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600

Explore the revolutionary germ theory of disease, its preconditions, key figures like Pasteur and Koch, and its profound impact on medical science and public health.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video