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2010 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Cutting the Christmas Cake
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Abstract
When a small cake has to be cut in two pieces to be shared by two people, and the person who cuts the cake is also the person who chooses which half to take, then there is no guarantee that one of the two people will not be disadvantaged. The best way to avoid any complaints about the division of the cake is for one person to cut the cake and the other to choose which half to take. This way, it is in the first person’s interest to divide the cake as fairly as possible, as otherwise he or she might very well end up with the smaller piece. It is a wise solution, requiring that two persons, basically motivated by egotism, cooperate with one another in such a way that neither is deprived of a fair share.