In recent years, researchers have increasingly focused on zero-sum thinking, namely the widespread belief that economic, ...

“It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero-sum game: somebody wins, somebody loses.” – Gordon Gekko, Wall Street In the 1987 Oliver Stone classic Wall Street, Michael Douglas’ role as the brazen ...

To paraphrase (again) the British politician and historian Thomas Babington Macaulay: People always think that life has been improving — up until their own time, that is. Somehow they don’t expect ...

One idea unites the left and right lately: a zero-sum view of the world. Unfortunately, nice as it would be to hail a rare instance of ideological harmony, both sides are very much mistaken. Perhaps ...

Do you think about the world as “zero-sum,” where resources are limited and my gain is your loss? Or do you believe that resources are plentiful and we all can benefit from one another’s success? The ...

Patricia Andrews Fearon and Friedrich M. Götz from Stanford University and the University of Cambridge have published an ...

"Both zero-sum thinking and health inequities are characteristic of U.S. healthcare. Today more than ever, we must overcome both, to make everyone healthier. In this new paper, we fundamentally ...

Moral decisions often involve difficult trade-offs. Triage systems in emergency departments require nurses to prioritize care for some patients over others. Generously donating to a particular ...

In the 1987 Oliver Stone classic Wall Street, Michael Douglas’ role as the brazen corporate raider, Gordon Gekko, not only won the actor an Oscar for his performance but iconized his character as the ...