The end game is 100% for things like recycling and other positive attributes, and zero for bad attributes like waste, CO2 emissions, etc.
The barrier to this, of course, is that in our super-positive society, we have an unspoken zero-tolerance policy for negativity.
This realization turns zero-sum games into positive-sum behavior.
This zero-sum mentality ignores the positive dynamism that comes from accountability to parents and teachers.
If you take the EU and the U.S. and aggregate the two, you probably come into a positive growth area, a little bit above zero something.
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Even a zero interest rate gives them a positive return.
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The key work variable is zero-sum vs. non-zero sum (both negative-sum and positive-sum).
With interest rates being held near zero, equities are the last bastion of positive real returns for scores of investors.
As the 2012 performance chart indicates, TLT is back in positive territory for the year, as it bounced after hitting the zero line two weeks ago.
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But we also know that shareholders will never carry zero percent of that burden: their contribution will always be positive.
In contrast to the stock market, which over long periods offers positive returns linked to the growth in the economy, commodity trading is a zero-sum game.
The new orders index also remained below zero, at -7.8, while the shipments index was positive at 3.0.
Only Japan has a positive real interest rate among the G-7 and that rate is barely above zero.
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The fact -- the notion that we are now where we are losing -- in November we had positive job growth, but we're getting much closer to the margin of zero -- that's a fact.
As discussion of a lockout heated up last year, however, Buzz scores for the league dropped to around zero in July and August, meaning that respondents reported hearing equal amounts of positive and negative news about the brand.
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This figure also languished close of zero and even turned negative in 1998-2001, but since then it has turned strongly positive for Japan.
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