zero-sum

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zero-sum (not comparable)

  1. Of any system where all gains are offset by exactly equal losses.
    • 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker‎[1], →ISSN:
      Dalio is right, but somewhat self-serving. If hedge-fund managers are playing a zero-sum game, what is their social utility? […] Can it really be in America’s interest to have so much of its young talent playing a zero-sum game?

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