In the 1987 Oliver Stone classic Wall Street, Michael Douglas’ role as the brazen corporate raider, Gordon Gekko, not only won the actor an Oscar for his performance but iconized his character as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zero-sum thinking, the mentality that one person’s gain must come at the expense of another person’s loss, has dominated business, ...

Patricia Andrews Fearon and Friedrich M. Götz from Stanford University and the University of Cambridge have published an important article entitled “The Zero-Sum Mindset”, in which they present the ...

Do you think about the world as “zero-sum,” where resources are limited and my gain is your loss? Or do you believe that resources are plentiful and we all can benefit from one another’s success? The ...

One idea unites the left and right lately: a zero-sum view of the world. Unfortunately, nice as it would be to hail a rare instance of ideological harmony, both sides are very much mistaken. Perhaps ...

In a zero-sum game, no one can win without someone else losing. It’s like grading on a strict curve with a predetermined allocation of As, Bs, and Cs. Students can put in long hours studying together, ...

The editorial headline “Law enforcement is not a zero-sum equation” (In Our View, Nov. 21) confounds me. One repeatedly sees this phrase “a zero sum game” being used in the media. I ask myself ...

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I have dual loyalties. Don’t get me wrong, I am a Trojan through and through — but I would be lying if I said that no part of me still feels like a Wolverine. I ...