Editing Coalition (section)

=== Economics ===
Economic agents can form coalitions.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EU3WSYH2kdUC&q=Economic+agents+can+form+coalitions.&pg=PA81|title=The Endogenous Formation of economic coalitions|date=2003|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing Limited|isbn=1-84376265-X|location=Northhampton Massachusetts|last1=Carlo|first1=Carraro|access-date=26 April 2017}}</ref> When a coalition is formed around economic goals, the reasoning is financial. In economics, when two opposing sectors, such as a buyer and seller or two sellers, come together, it can be thought of as a coalition in the denotative sense, as the two groups come together temporarily to achieve a goal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/coalition.html|title=What is a coalition? definition and meaning|website=business dictionary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429000134/http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/coalition.html|archive-date=2017-04-29|url-status=live}}</ref> One example would be the 1997 deal between [[Microsoft]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]. The deal consisted of Microsoft rescuing the then-struggling Apple with a cash infusion of $150 million.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/08/dayintech_0806/|title=August 6, 1997: Apple Rescued — by Microsoft|last=ABELL|first=JOHN|date=August 6, 2009|magazine=Wired|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307212929/http://www.wired.com/2009/08/dayintech_0806/|archive-date=2016-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref> Unions can be viewed as coalitions of workers, usually of the same job sector. When the agents considered are countries, the formation of an international treaty (e.g. [[trade agreements]] or international [[environmental agreements]]) can also be seen as a coalition. In economics, a coalition's formation and its stability is mostly studied using [[game theory]].