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Re:Economics Simulation by eru on Monday January 25, 2016 @08:56PM (#10971414)
Please be careful: `positive externalities' are not the same thing as a `non-zero sum game'.
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Re:Economics Simulation by msellout on Monday January 25, 2016 @10:56PM (#10971750)
Sure, there could be negative externalities as well. I think the complaint that the transactions were zero-sum implied that "real" economies increase total wealth with most transactions -- positive externalities.
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Re:Economics Simulation by eru on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @01:14AM (#10972094)
Still: externalities is different from non-zero sum game..
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