The prisoner's dilemma illustrates:

the invisible hand of Adam Smith.
a conflict between self-interest and the good of the group.
that self-interest makes cooperation impossible.
that crime does not pay.


Who was Thomas Hobbes?

A 17th century political theorist
The inventor of game theory
The economist who defined Nash equilibrium
A political scientist who argued that cooperation often arises from self-interested behavior


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