I’ve been reflecting lately on the term “zero sum game.” It’s one of those phrases that gets thrown around often in business, particularly in negotiations. The idea is simple: in a zero-sum game, one ...

In the 1987 Oliver Stone classic Wall Street, Michael Douglas’ role as the brazen corporate raider, Gordon Gekko, not only won the actor an Oscar for his performance but iconized his character as the ...

IDC this week said that while the PC industry would end the year better off than it had expected, the foreseeable future holds no hope for a return of growth. Instead, the business will be a zero-sum ...

Michael Stanton’s commentary (”What if we thought of University Hill as the city’s Micron?”, April 2, 2024) suggests that pushing students out of the neighborhoods east of University Hill might draw ...