African scholar warns of risks of zero-sum thinking

STORY: African scholar warns of risks of zero-sum thinking DATELINE: May 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): X.N. IRAKI, Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi 3. various of the U.S. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): X.N. IRAKI, Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi STORYLINE: While talking about the act of power hegemony to push for decoupling from or breaking economic links with China, a Kenyan economist said it's a zero-sum game caused by old thinking of the Cold War era. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): X.N. IRAKI, Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi "That takes me back to the old economics theories of a zero-sum game, that if you lose, I must gain, there's no way the both of us can gain. But I think the economic reality is nowadays that such competition does not need to be a zero-sum game. All of us can gain. If you look at the gains in productivity, the gains in trade, the gains in economic

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