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A '''zero-sum game''' is a [[competition]] among two or more participants for a fixed amount or quantity of winnable goods.  Whatever one participant gains necessarily comes at the expense of the other participants.  Thus, the sum of all gains (positive) and losses (negative) is zero, hence the name.<ref>[http://pcp.lanl.gov/ZESUGAM.html Zero sum games]</ref>  A situation in which the participants can change the amount or quantity of winnable goods (create or destroy winnable goods) is not a zero-sum game, but is instead a variable-sum game.

A '''zero-sum game''' is a [[competition]] among two or more participants for a fixed amount or quantity of winnable goods.  Whatever one participant gains necessarily comes at the expense of the other participants.  Thus, the sum of all gains (positive) and losses (negative) is zero, hence the name.<ref>[http://pcp.lanl.gov/ZESUGAM.html Zero sum games]</ref>  A situation in which the participants can change the amount or quantity of winnable goods (create or destroy winnable goods) is not a zero-sum game, but is instead a variable-sum game.

Zero sum contradicts the [[Win-Win]] sales model,<ref>[[Adam Smith]] described the process, "Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of." ''[https://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html?chapter_num=5#anchor_nn43 Wealth of Nations],'' Book I Chapter 2.</ref> that voluntary transactions are beneficial to both parties. Zero sum denies the benefits of [[economic growth]], as [[President Kennedy]] said, "a rising tied lift all boats," and assumes one person's gain or [[profit]] comes at another person's loss.  Zero sum thinking results in rationing, or "sustainability," as the word is often misused in modern times. Zero sum thinking results in dividing up limited resources rather than focusing on expanding opportunities to create new wealth.

Zero sum contradicts the [[Win-Win]] sales model,<ref>[[Adam Smith]] described the process, "Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of." ''[https://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN.html?chapter_num=5#anchor_nn43 Wealth of Nations],'' Book I Chapter 2.</ref> that voluntary transactions are beneficial to both parties. Zero sum denies the benefits of [[economic growth]], as [[President Kennedy]] said, "a rising tied lifts all boats," and assumes one person's gain or [[profit]] comes at another person's loss.  Zero sum thinking results in rationing, or "sustainability," as the word is often misused in modern times. Zero sum thinking results in dividing up limited resources rather than focusing on expanding opportunities to create new wealth.

Zero sum is anti-[[entrepreneur]]ial.

Zero sum is anti-[[entrepreneur]]ial.