Is the global economy essentially a zero-sum game?

Hi Richard, I found this 2 minute clip on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auaZDyUvWZM) that argues that it isn't. However, my leaning is that it is a zero-sum game. Even if more "credits" are added periodically, it is still a zero-sum game surely. If there were 10 coins on a table, and I took 8 and you had 2. And every hour, 2 more coins were added onto the table. It would still be a zero-sum "game", just with more coins. Not only that, but in practice, those with more coins (me) would have more resources at my disposal to acquire the new ones that added every hour. Please watch the short video and let me know what you think. I'd be very interested to hear your response. Thanks.

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casee 1830 commented 2026-06-18 20:12:00 -0400
The idea behind https://space-bar-clicker.github.io/ can feel oddly similar to how people perceive effort and output in systems where everything seems like it must be earned through constant action. In the same way the discussion about whether the global economy is essentially a zero sum game questions if one person’s gain always comes at another’s loss, the clicking loop also reflects how competition can feel endless even when value is not strictly limited. It ends up highlighting how perception of scarcity or progress shapes behavior more than the actual structure of the system itself.
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Is the global economy essentially a zero-sum game?

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