Bronn Wants His Kids to Fight Over His Estate
Season 5, Episode 4: Bronn describes his ideal death, where his kids grovel over his fortune. This highlights the importance of good estate planning.
Coalition or Conflict
Season 5, Episode 3: House Ramsey is threatened and has to determine the balance between conflicts and violence to achieve their means and entering into coalitions.
Voting in The Game of Thrones
Season 5, Episode 2: A vote between three people to be commander of the Night’s Watch is occurring. When there are three or more choices, Kenneth Arrow showed in his impossibility theorem that all three of these cannot occur: * If every voter prefers alternative X over alternative Y, then the group prefers X over …
Stannis and Jon Consider Risks vs. Rewards
Season 5, Episode 1: Jon Snow is talking with Stannis Baratheon. Stannis wants Jon to convince Mance – the King Beyond the Wall – to join him and bring his Wildling Army. This is risky, as the Wildling Army could be powerful and pose a threat, but Stannis clearly thinks this is worthwhile.
Understanding Production Possibilities Frontier and Investments
Understanding Loans and Interest
Understanding Supply and Demand
Understanding Sanctions:
Understanding Public Goods
Resource Curse
Season 4 Episode 5: Tywin Lannister and Cersei Lannister discuss the Lannister’s depleted gold resource from the wars and the obstacles they face in paying back the Iron Bank of Braavos without being able to tap into this resource anymore. This relates to the problems many developing countries face called the resource curse or Dutch …