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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. | + | 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. |
| + | ==Non-economic zero-sum games== | ||
| + | *Social [[conservatives]] recognize that [[rights]] are a zero-sum game. As Bill Borst states, "I say that anytime that a new right is born, in the zero sum game of life, it impinges the freedom of another."<ref>[http://bbprof.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/the-new-three-rs/ The New Three R's], by Bill Borst</ref> | ||
| + | **An example of this is the [[homosexual agenda]], as "LGBT+" activists demand new "rights" for themselves at the expense of the [[religious freedom]] of Christians and other social conservatives. As social conservatives correctly predicted, it is not possible to expand rights to cover, for example, both the "right" to [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]] and the religious freedom of cake bakers. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[False zero-sum game]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Economics terms]] | [[Category:Economics terms]] | ||
Revision as of 19:55, January 1, 2018
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.[1] 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.
Non-economic zero-sum games
- Social conservatives recognize that rights are a zero-sum game. As Bill Borst states, "I say that anytime that a new right is born, in the zero sum game of life, it impinges the freedom of another."[2]
- An example of this is the homosexual agenda, as "LGBT+" activists demand new "rights" for themselves at the expense of the religious freedom of Christians and other social conservatives. As social conservatives correctly predicted, it is not possible to expand rights to cover, for example, both the "right" to same-sex "marriage" and the religious freedom of cake bakers.
See also
References
- ↑ Zero sum games
- ↑ The New Three R's, by Bill Borst
