# No Contest: The Case Against Competition

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- Authors: [Alfie Kohn](https://www.bookquiver.com/alfie-kohn)
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- ISBN: 978-03-9563-125-6
- Published: 1992-11-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers.