ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Societies can deal with scarcity by increasing supply. The more goods and services available to all, the less scarcity there will be. Of course, increasing supply comes with limitations, such as production capacity, land available for use, time, and so on. Another way to deal with scarcity is by reducing demand.

Detailed explanation-2: -SCARCE RESOURCES: Labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurship used by society to produce consumer satisfying goods and services. Scarce resources, also termed just resources, are often given the more descriptive term factors of production.

Detailed explanation-3: -Resources are scarce because we live in a world in which humans’ wants are infinite but the land, labor, and capital required to satisfy those wants are limited. This conflict between society’s unlimited wants and our limited resources means choices must be made when deciding how to allocate scarce resources.

Detailed explanation-4: -Opportunity Cost is the potential benefit that an individual or an entity loses by choosing one alternative over the other. Economic Cost looks at the overall profits or losses of choosing one alternative over the other in terms of resources, time and cost.