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| − | A '''false zero-sum game''', or '''zero-sum fallacy''', is the [[logical fallacy]] of asserting, typically without analysis, that a particular situation is a [[zero-sum game]], when in fact it is not. For example, [[liberal]]s assert that the [[economy]] is a zero-sum game in order to justify [[income redistribution]]. The false zero-sum game is a type of [[false dilemma]]. In [[economics]], a particular form of the false zero-sum game is called the '''lump-of-labor fallacy''', which assumes that since there is (supposedly) a fixed amount of work to be done in the world, changing the number of workers will cause an inverse change in the amount of work per worker, or ''vice versa''. | + | A '''false zero-sum game''', or '''zero-sum fallacy''', is the [[logical fallacy]] of asserting, typically without analysis, that a particular situation is a [[zero-sum game]], when in fact it is not. For example, [[liberal]]s assert that the [[economy]] is a zero-sum game in order to justify [[income redistribution]]. The false zero-sum game is a type of [[false dilemma]]; it can alternatively be considered a form of [[begging the question]]. In [[economics]], a particular form of the false zero-sum game is called the '''lump-of-labor fallacy''', which assumes that since there is (supposedly) a fixed amount of work to be done in the world, changing the number of workers will cause an inverse change in the amount of work per worker, or ''vice versa''. |
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A false zero-sum game, or zero-sum fallacy, is the logical fallacy of asserting, typically without analysis, that a particular situation is a zero-sum game, when in fact it is not. For example, liberals assert that the economy is a zero-sum game in order to justify income redistribution. The false zero-sum game is a type of false dilemma; it can alternatively be considered a form of begging the question. In economics, a particular form of the false zero-sum game is called the lump-of-labor fallacy, which assumes that since there is (supposedly) a fixed amount of work to be done in the world, changing the number of workers will cause an inverse change in the amount of work per worker, or vice versa.
