ECONOMICS
SCARCITY
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A teacher
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A worker at McDonalds
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An Astronaut
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A youth baseball coach
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Detailed explanation-1: -Natural resources like gold, oil, silver and other fossil fuels are naturally rare. When demand exceeds the supply, these resources become scarce and prices can go up. Other commodities, like diamonds, command a high price because of their limited availability and control of their market.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scarcity is one of the key concepts of economics. It means that the demand for a good or service is greater than the availability of the good or service. Therefore, scarcity can limit the choices available to the consumers who ultimately make up the economy.
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: -Land – a shortage of fertile land for populations to grow food. Water scarcity – Global warming and changing weather, has caused some parts of the world to become drier and rivers to dry up. Labour shortages. Health care shortages. Seasonal shortages. Fixed supply of roads. 25-Jun-2019