What are zero -sum games?

Many games are victory/loses games, which means basically that one player wins while another player loses. Because one victory is equal to one loss, it is called zero -sum game. It wins perfectly balanced losses that result in zero. Examples of zero sum games include games like Checkers or Chess. One winner equals one loser and the result is zero.

However, this does not completely take into account all the situations in which it could benefit. A person who learns to play chess could benefit from loss, at least in future games, because the game he loses can provide considerable learning about what to do. When two players are equally compared, evoking victory or loss of the game does not necessarily benefit one of the player. For example, in psychology, a married couple who has a dispute, can reduce disputes on zero sum games if one person gets a "win", which means the other hosts. Psychologists and therapists are trying to work with ifDMI to resolve disputes with a non -zero sum instead. For example, if a couple agrees with a compromise, both people get one winner and one loser instead.

In Economics, an interesting solution to the problem of zero sum games was designed by mathematician John Nash, for which he later won the Nobel Prize. Standard economic theory has decided that the economy works best when each person acts in their own interest. Nash suggested that you could eliminate the game aspect of the economy with zero sum by any person who acts not only from his own interest, but also outside the interest for the group in general. This would produce more winners and less losers.

considerable complexity of things, such as relations between countries, trade agreements and even negotiations in the country, often cause Lidipom think that the Neeler game with zero sum arrives in the solution. For example, if it is designed between two countriesA commercial agreement may be to make the winner of both countries of the agreement instead of creating an agreement where one country loses a considerable advantage for another. On the other hand, a country that wants to act in its own interest can ignore the principles set by NASH and others and try to build an agreement on trading series with zero sum. If they try to do so, it does not mean little benefit and can result in a business agreement or disharmon between the two countries, because one has to "lose" others. Building resentment instead of creating good relations in any way, does not create a positive result for a country that only acts in interest.

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