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zero-sum game [′zir·ō ¦səm ‚gām] (mathematics) A two-person game where the sum of the payoffs to the two players is zero for each move. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As economic historian John Nye has pointed out, even if competition for relative position is a zero-sum game, the increase in total wealth created by the productive investments of the wealthy benefits the poor. It may seem churlish to talk about waste and fraud at a time of such need--until you accept the hardhearted notion that the act of giving, whether at the federal, corporate or individual levels, is a zero-sum game. Why do so many imagine the church's life as a zero-sum game, according to which anything positively ascribed to the priesthood necessarily involves a denigration of the laity? |
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