Not zero, but quite comparable with other individual risks that people take in their everyday lives.
Homo economicus would accept any division in which his share was not zero.
The risk of an eventual collision with Europa, though small, is not zero.
Inbox 50 is not zero so there is no thrill of the hunt to get down to the bare bones.
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Fair market value of a profits interest in an investment fund is option value, which can be readily calculated, not zero.
This means that for individuals who have little or no net investment income, their 3.8% Medicare Surtax will be minimal if not zero.
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It is true that the risk of satellite-inflicted damage to you, your car or your house is extremely low, although not zero.
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"I don't find that interesting, " he said, adding that "most things are not zero sum, " meaning that multiple competitors can do well in any area.
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Indeed, while reports of Mohamed Atta visiting with Iraqi intelligence in Prague are obviously not conclusive evidence, the probability that Saddam was complicit in September 11 is not zero.
The most important things are not zero sum.
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That can be a challenge, forcing couples to slice into massive credit card debt by using retirement savings or even home equity to reduce the burden to a more manageable level if not zero it out all together.
This is the lesson of our history: Our economy is not a zero-sum game.
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Venture capitalists, including Andreessen, are quick to point out their business is not a zero-sum game.
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Possibly partly at the cost of others (but remember: economics is not a zero-sum game).
Some things have been done, but generally there is not a zero tolerance approach towards it.
The amount of heat transported by the system would shift, but could not become zero.
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For additional evidence, we can compare the major countries that did or did not pursue zero interest rates.
But let me stress that this is not a zero-sum game where Wall Street loses and Main Street wins.
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To move to the Collaborative stage, both groups need to understand and accept that their relationship is not a zero-sum game.
Governing is not a zero-sum game and just as a rising tide lifts all boats, a growing economy is good for everyone.
Sure, China will continue to take over low-end manufacturing--these days it's busy destroying the Indonesian shoe sector--but this is not a zero-sum game.
If the forces of law 'n' order do not back zero limits, ministers may feel that they have been let off the hook.
Economics is not a zero-sum game as was once thought, though in many intellectual and political circles today it is still regarded as such.
Among economic historians there is a growing consensus that guilds in Europe lost their ability to block new technology once society realised that innovation had a beneficial effect on humanity, and was thus not a zero-sum game.
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Capital gains taxes are a price placed on investment, and here it should be remembered that there are no companies and no jobs without investment first, so why not a zero rate of taxation on capital gains?
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