Presuppositions Of The Game Theory

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they are. You often hear people say "if I only had
more money, I would be happy." Frequently the perceived level of success is
compared to the size of one's bank account, the location of their house or the
amount of cars in the driveway. People seem to perceive money as being
happiness.

Soloman says that keeping score, although it is not an essential feature of
games, seems to be one of the most durable features of game theory. He thinks
that the best way to keep score is to have a dependable point system, a definite
unit of worth, which is money.

Soloman rejects this presupposition by first stating that "money isn't the only
or even primary social good", and "money is only a means and not an end."
Soloman agrees with these statements but to further reject this presupposition,
he goes on to discuss another example involving money.

Social theorists, in general, "like to talk about money, because money is a
readily measurable utility, a readily comparable measure, and ...

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