The “dollar auction” theory can help explain the Kavanaugh chaos

A game theory experiment for how both parties are thinking of the Supreme Court nominee.

Lee Drutman

The Cryptocurrency Game With a $9 Million Prize

Is Fomo3D an incisive critique, a scam, or a little of both?

Arvind Dilawar

Maine voters blew up their voting system and started from scratch

On Tuesday, Maine will become the first state in the nation to use ranked-choice voting.

Ella Nilsen

California could avoid the chaos of the “top two” primary with ranked-choice voting

If Californians want moderation in politics, there is a better way.

Lee Drutman

California’s top-two primary chaos, explained

Andrew Prokop

I Cut, You Choose

A new method of redistricting could solve gerrymandering.

Will Riedel & Anish Sarma

The Other Terrifying Lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis

George Perkovich

How Junior Got Played

Cheap Talk

North Korea is more rational than you think

Zeeshan Aleem

Fidel Castro, Master Madman

Michael Dobbs

Prison breakthrough

The Economist

Here’s how game theory helps explain Donald Trump’s strategies

Steven J Brams

The biggest thing that Washington gets wrong about sanctions

Max Fisher

Why North Korea loves to threaten nuclear war (but will never actually do it)

Max Fisher

Republicans might end up wishing they had compromised with Obama over Scalia’s replacement

Ezra Klein

Iowa As A Media Focal Point

Paul Krugman

The Republican establishment can fix its problems by picking a name out of a hat

In the language of game theory, this is a focal point problem. If all the establishment voters/donors could agree on one of the “establishment four” candidates, that candidate could be a viable competitor to Trump and Cruz. But establishment voters/donors are uncertain about which one of the four that will be — and so votes and money get split.

Joshua Tucker

Why hipsters all look alike

Jeff Guo

And just like that, Boehner's back?

John Patty

An Altogether Different Angle

David Warsh