Zero-Sum Thinking: Roots And Policy Implications | Economics, Applied

Sandra Sequeira joins host Steven Davis for a discussion of zero-sum thinking, the idea that one group’s gain is another group’s loss. They draw on Sandra’s research to delve into several questions: How prevalent is zero-sum thinking? What are its roots? How does it shape policy preferences? How does zero-sum thinking relate to the partisan divide?
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Sandra Sequeira is on the faculty at the London School of Economics, where she co-directs the Programme for Economic Policy and International Development. She holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard, a Master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, and an undergraduate degree from Nova University Lisbon. She is also research affiliate of The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the recipient of the 2022 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Economcs.
Steven J. Davis is the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, advisor to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, past editor of the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, and an elected fellow of the Society of Labor Economists. He co-founded the Economic Policy Uncertainty project, the US Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes, the Global Survey of Working Arrangements, the Survey of Business Uncertainty, and the Stock Market Jumps project. He co-organizes the Asian Monetary Policy Forum, held annually in Singapore. Previously, Davis was on the faculty at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, serving as both distinguished service professor and deputy dean of the faculty.
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As you age,if not aware of the chemical dangers that most are exposed to,one can become quite temperamental to most political issues.

[@kabaduck]

Honestly if I got that survey, I would believe the entire point of this survey was to determine how I felt about an equitable redistributed monetary system and in that case I would have answered everything as a zero sum situation versus the free market.