BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Scarcity is defined as a limited supply of resources and ____
A
limited wants for those resources
B
unlimited resources
C
limited resources
D
unlimited wants for available resources
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -One of the defining features of economics is scarcity, which deals with how people satisfy unlimited wants and needs with limited resources. Scarcity affects the monetary value people place on goods and services and how governments and private firms decide to distribute resources.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scarcity, also known as paucity, is an economics term used to refer to a gap between availability of limited resources and the theoretical needs of people for such resources.

Detailed explanation-3: -Resource scarcity occurs when demand for a natural resource is greater than the available supply – leading to a decline in the stock of available resources. This can lead to unsustainable growth and a rise in inequality as prices rise making the resource less affordable for those who are least well-off.

Detailed explanation-4: -Understanding Scarcity In his 1932 Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science, British economist Lionel Robbins defined the discipline in terms of scarcity: Economics is the science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

Detailed explanation-5: -Scarcity is the concept that resources are only available in limited supply, whereas society’s demand for those resources is essentially unlimited.

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