💬 Opinion 2d ago · Ilya Somin

The Origins and Influence of Zero-Sum Thinking

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The Origins and Influence of Zero-Sum Thinking
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A new study just published by the prestigious American Economic Review may be the most important recent social science article most nonexperts have never heard of. It's entitled "Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of US Political Differences" and the authors are Sahil Chinoy, Nathan Nunn, Sandra Sequeira, and Stefanie Stantcheva. Here is the abstract: We investigate the origins and implications of zero-sum thinking: the belief that gains for one individual or group tend to come at the cost of other

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