Positive Sum: How Zero-sum Thinking Broke Capitalism - and How We Can Fix It

A practical framework for building inclusive prosperity through positive-sum economics Zero-sum thinking has cost the American economy an estimated $50 trillion over the last 30 years.Positive Sum: How Zero-sum Thinking Broke Capitalism - and How We Can Fix It reveals why this primitive instinct continues to cost businesses $600 billion annually and offers a practical roadmap for recognizing the economic power of fairness to create broadly shared prosperity. Drawing on his experience heading the Ford Foundation's Mission Investments program and his earlier Wall Street career, Roy Swan demonstrates that the belief that someone must lose for another to win is economically inefficient.Through personal narrative, historical insight, and practitioner experience, the book presents concrete investment strategies delivering proven 28% returns while advancing inclusive growth. Readers will also find: Evidence showing how zero-sum assumptions undermine both corporate profits and national prosper