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Life's a Rigged Game. Here’s How to Win Anyway.
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Life's a Rigged Game. Here’s How to Win Anyway.

From buying a home to negotiating your salary to choosing a life partner, game theory can help you play smarter—and come out ahead.

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Life isn’t fair. The job market is rigged, the housing market is brutal, and even dating can feel like a zero-sum game. But according to economist

Daryl Fairweather, PhD
, you don’t have to accept the rules as they are—you just have to understand them, and work them in your favor.

Daryl is a behavioral economist—and she offers insights from that field that will help you make smarter decisions, build real leverage, and find a path to success—even when the deck is stacked against you. Below, she shares five key strategies to help you start playing the game of life on your own terms.

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My book HATE THE GAME comes out April 11, 2025 from University of Chicago Press.
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