Legal Opinion
Eldon L. Page v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 1989No. 88-1708PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Students of strategy and bargaining cut their teeth on the game of Prisoners’ Dilemma. Two prisoners, unable to confer with one another, must decide whether to take the prosecutor’s offer: confess, inculpate the other, and serve a year in jail, or keep silent and serve five years. If the prisoners could make a (binding) bargain with each other, they would keep silent and both would go free. But they can’t communicate, and each fears that the other will talk. So both confess. Studying Prisoners’ Dilemma has led to many insights about strategic interactions. See…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by86 opinions
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