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To: jcky who wrote (64210)	1/3/2003 12:05:08 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

Thanks for the interesting article by Krugman, John. I am not too familiar with the intricacy of game theory but does one of its tenet assumes rational choices are made by all participants? I assume so, jcky. But the definition of "rational choice" is not an easy one to make. It's easy to assume one's own leaders do so and others do not. Thus, one of the problems with rational choice theory is that it assumes some overarching concept of rationality. I like Krugman's dive into trying to imagine options from the North's point of view. But I have, and I suspect, Krugman, has no serious idea as to whether that fits or not. I also like the way it throws into relief the consequences of a kind of swaggering foreign policy, of not following the lead of the Clinton folk on this one. Apparently, there was a process in place which Bush simply cut off.