The way i sort of organized that actually a has something to do with the way the lot of behavior science kind of classifies how we think, what we've learned about decision making and psychology. And one is to say that sometimes we have stable, arguably rational preferences, things that we just things we value. And then the that second category is this whole world of misperceptions, all the human follies and mistakes, which are innumerable. But they're not taulting ot optimization. B hime, at strategic interactions with other individuals and important groups. They'd get over overlooked and understudied by game theory political economy.
It's tempting to explain Russia's invasion of Ukraine with Putin's megalomania. Economist Chris Blattman of the University of Chicago talks about his book Why We Fight with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Blattman explains why only a fraction of rivalries ever erupt into violence, the five main reasons adversaries can't arrive at compromise, and the problem with trying to get into Putin's head (and why it's not all about Putin. Really).