These were the questions we addressed in a large study at the Social Economics Lab at Harvard, where we focus on how people ...

The zero-sum thinker frames the world in terms of winning and losing, us and them. If one person is to get richer, someone else must get poorer. If China is doing well, then the US must logically ...

For zero-sum thinking and scapegoating are the basis for Trump’s tariff policy. ... North Korea, and Iran, where rulers attribute their countries’ problems to sanctions imposed by the West.

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For zero-sum thinking and scapegoating are the basis for Trump’s tariff policy. ... North Korea, and Iran, where rulers attribute their countries’ problems to sanctions imposed by the West.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 Summit in Buenos Aires on Dec. 1, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) Poker is a zero-sum game. So are Olympic sports ...

The sum of our outcomes is zero. In this view, everything is a battle where only one can come out ahead. This concept seems especially prevalent in commercial real estate transactions when the ...

In a zero-sum game, by contrast, the total rewards are fixed, so every gain comes at someone’s expense — one person getting more pie means another gets less.

NerdWallet recommends the 50/30/20 rule. With this approach, 50% of your income goes to needs, 30% to wants, and 20% toward debt repayment and savings. Zero-based budgeting example ...

Zero-sum thinking can lead some to fear donor family connections. But love isn’t limited—embracing genetic ties can expand identity, belonging, and the meaning of family.

And I think we are really turning tariffs into a zero-sum game. Just like a game of chess, when there has to be a winner, there has to be a loser. Otherwise, there would be a stalemate.