What is the opposite of zero sum game theory

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Zero sum theory rests on a couple of points

  1. resources are finite and limited
  2. in order for someone to win resources, someone else has to lose them
    What is the name of the theory where it is win/win and resources are unlimited? For example, if someone in America buys a car from Korea and it takes him 600 hours of labor to afford the car, some of that money goes to the builders of the car and some goes to the company which invests in cheaper ways to make better cars. Everybody seems to win, the guy gets a car and the company makes money and distributes it. As a result of this investment into R&D at the car factory sooner or later it only takes 500 hours of labor to buy a car that is more luxurious and more reliable than the original car that cost 600 hours of labor.

Is there a name for this economic theory?

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Positive sum. Result of a quick google : Link

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I’ve heard it as

non-zero sum game theory:

Borrowing money is a modern example of a non-zero sum exchange, the banker makes 5%, I get the car I NEED right now instead of in 5 years.

the evolutionary psychologists would say that much of human inteligence is built up around monitoring these exchanges. Trading favors has lots of room to get the better of someone while still falling within the range where a deal makes sense for both parties.
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…It’s known as Everything Else, that is, as non-Zero-Sum Game Theory

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IANAEconomist but I thought it was referred to as adding value. A car is basically, a couple thousand pounds of steel, rubber, vynil, wood, plastics, etc. Unless someone comes along and turns those raw materials into something useful via the application of tools and labor.