The world is rife with zero-sum situations – where when one person or group wins or gains, another loses. Negotiating the price of a commodity, dividing a desired dish at a family meal, and competing ...

A zero-sum belief is the idea that for me to win, you must lose (and vice versa). However, psychologists have found that people tend to perceive non-zero-sum situations—such as the economy or ...

Many aspects of life fall into the general category of zero-sum situations, in which a benefit to one person requires that others suffer a loss. Obviously, we structure sporting events as zero-sum, so ...

In recent years, researchers have increasingly focused on zero-sum thinking, namely the widespread belief that economic, social, or political gains for one group can only be achieved at the expense of ...

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 ...

Zero-sum thinking has spread like a mind virus, from geopolitics to pop culture. Credit...Photo illustration by Pablo Delcan Supported by By Damien Cave Damien covers global affairs. He is based in ...

LOOK at the news or social media these days, and you might see a pattern. Stories are about groups in conflict, competing for limited resources, with the gains for some framed as losses for others. If ...