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Radio 4,30 Jan 2013,15 mins

War-gaming Armageddon

Pop-Up Economics

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Tim Harford tells the story of Thomas Schelling, an economist who helped America and the Soviet Union to avoid nuclear war. He reveals how Schelling, a game theorist, became one of the most influential strategists of the 20th century. Producer: Adele Armstrong.

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