Lecture 7: Zero-Sum Games

MIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025 Instructor: Ian Ball View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-12-eco... YouTube Playlist:    • MIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Th...   In this lecture, Ian Ball describes zero-sum games, which are games that feature a complete conflict of interest. One player's loss equals another player's gain. Examples includes games like checkers or chess. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.