ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

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: -The Economics of Seinfeld says the following regarding the term: “Unlimited wants essentially mean that people never get enough, that there is always something else that they would like to have.” “When combined with limited resources, unlimited wants result in the fundamental problem of scarcity.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Demand-induced scarcity reflecting rising demand. Supply-induced scarcity caused by diminished supply. Structural scarcity attributable to mismanagement or inequality.

Detailed explanation-4: -Scarcity means individuals, businesses and governments have to deal with the problem of unlimited wants, but limited resources. Every economic system, from capitalism to socialism, has to deal with the problem of scarcity whereby the demand is greater than the supply.