The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

That means cooperative game theory works fine for zero-sum games where what one side loses equals what the other side wins,

Hitler’s deal with the Catholic party was the crucial decision that gave the Nazis the two-thirds majority they needed for the Enabling Act. With the Communists barred, the Social Democrats were the only party to vote against the act, and of course Hitler won the game as a result.