There seems to be a widely shared belief, both inside and outside of academia, that the hiring of non-faculty educators is diverting resources from faculty. Many folks see the growing number of ...

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Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. A zero-sum belief is the idea that for me to win, you must lose (and vice versa). However, psychologists have found that people tend ...

The world is rife with zero-sum situations – where when one person or group wins or gains, another loses. Negotiating the price of a commodity, dividing a desired dish at a family meal, and competing ...

MATTHEW YGLESIAS, in a mostly lukewarm review of Amar Bhidé's "A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy", grants approvingly that the book Kevin Drum responds that these ...

Moral decisions often involve difficult trade-offs. Triage systems in emergency departments require nurses to prioritize care for some patients over others. Generously donating to a particular ...

Tariffs and trade agreements are a complex subject and going down the rabbit hole can result in endless and ultimately pointless discussions. Strangely, tariffs and trade agreements are simply a game ...

Some situations in life are zero-sum. On Super Bowl Sunday, two teams take the field but only one will emerge victorious, Vince Lombardi Trophy in hand. In a presidential election, only one candidate ...