# The Zero-Sum Society

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- Authors: [Lester Carl Thurow](https://www.bookquiver.com/lester-thurow)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2001-04-02

## Description

Written during a period of acute economic stagnation in 1980, The Zero-Sum Society discusses the human implications of economic problem solving. Interpreting macroeconomics as a zero-sum game, Thurow proposes that the American economy will not solve its most trenchant problems-inflation, slow economic growth, the environment-until the political economy can support, in theory and in practice, the idea that certain members of society will have to bear the brunt of taxation and other government-sponsored economic actions. As relevant today as it was twenty years ago, The Zero-Sum Society offers a classic set of recommendations about the best way to balance government stewardship of the economy and the free-market aspirations of upwardly mobile Americans.

## Editions

### The Zero-Sum Society

- Publisher: basic_books
- ISBN: 978-04-6508-588-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2001-04-02
- Language: en_GB