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  2. Scarcity - Wikipedia

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    [1] Scarcity is the limited availability of a commodity, which may be in demand in the market or by the commons. Scarcity also includes an individual's lack of resources to buy commodities. [2] The opposite of scarcity is abundance. Scarcity plays a key role in economic theory, and it is essential for a "proper definition of economics itself". [3]

  3. Category:Scarcity - Wikipedia

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    Category: Scarcity. 19 languages. ... This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. C. Chip shortage (2 P) F. Famines (5 C, 20 P) N.

  4. Water scarcity - Wikipedia

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    Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two types of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity. [2]: 560 Physical water scarcity is where

  5. Water resources - Wikipedia

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    Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two types of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity. [33]: 560 Physical water scarcity is where

  6. Scarcity (social psychology) - Wikipedia

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    For example diamonds are more valuable than rocks because diamonds are not as abundant. [2] These perceptions of scarcity can lead to irregular consumer behavior, such as systemic errors or cognitive bias. [3] [4] There are two social psychology principles that work with scarcity that increase its powerful force. One is social proof. This is a ...

  7. Hoarding (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Hoarding in economics refers to the concept of purchasing and storing a large amount of a particular product, creating scarcity of that product, and ultimately driving the price of that product up. Commonly hoarded products include assets such as money, gold and public securities, [1] as well as vital goods such as fuel and medicine. [2]

  8. Resource rent - Wikipedia

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    Scarcity rent is one of two costs the extraction of a finite resource imposes on society. The other is marginal extraction cost--the opportunity cost of resources employed in the extraction activity. Scarcity rent is the cost of "using up" a finite resource because benefits of the extracted resource are unavailable to future generations.

  9. Category:Water scarcity - Wikipedia

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    This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. D. Droughts (8 C, 17 P) F. Fiction about water scarcity (1 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Water scarcity"