In her best-selling book, “The Sum of Us,” author Heather McGhee describes the zero-sum game as “a way of seeing the world as a fixed pie of wellbeing. If one group gets a bigger slice, another group ...

In a zero-sum game, no one can win without someone else losing. It’s like grading on a strict curve with a predetermined allocation of As, Bs, and Cs. Students can put in long hours studying together, ...

About a third of Americans either “agree” or “strongly agree” that the economy is a zero-sum game — that one person must lose for another to gain. The figures are higher still for Democrats when they ...

I’ve been reflecting lately on the term “zero sum game.” It’s one of those phrases that gets thrown around often in business, particularly in negotiations. The idea is simple: in a zero-sum game, one ...

I am now in my 80s, and I reflect on the times when I used to enjoy politics. Then, if the nation faced a real problem, the political parties could reach a compromise and find a solution. Perhaps no ...

Here’s a prediction to make with confidence about the 2023-24 NBA season: There won’t be any more than 1,230 games won, same as last season. The NBA is a zero-sum game. Every game more than the 17 the ...

Most Israelis perceive their national life as a zero sum game. This may well be a lasting heritage of the Holocaust. Accurately perceived or not, survival is always in question in their minds. You win ...

Five years ago, during my sophomore year at the University of North Carolina, I encountered what would be the first of three white supremacy rallies I’d observe on campus during my time in Chapel Hill ...