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  2. Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much - Wikipedia

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    Usually the effects of tunneling are dire, and result in long-term consequences. However, scarcity doesn't only produce negative effects: it can also lead to a focus dividend, a situation in which someone experiences an increase in productivity as a result of being so acutely focused on a single pursuit. Thus, scarcity has both positive and ...

  3. Scarcity (social psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Scarcity, in the area of social psychology, works much like scarcity in the area of economics. Scarcity is basically how people handle satisfying themselves regarding unlimited wants and needs with resources that are limited. [1] Humans place a higher value on an object that is scarce, and a lower value on those that are in abundance.

  4. 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]

  5. Environmental degradation - Wikipedia

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    Water scarcity is an increasing problem due to many foreseen issues in the future including population growth, increased urbanization, higher standards of living, and climate change. [ 24 ] Industrial and domestic sewage, pesticides, fertilizers, plankton blooms, silt, oils, chemical residues, radioactive material, and other pollutants are some ...

  6. Thomas Robert Malthus - Wikipedia

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    1803: Second and much enlarged edition: An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an enquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions. Authorship acknowledged.

  7. Definitions of economics - Wikipedia

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    the effects of scarcity; the science of choice; human behaviour; human beings as to how they coordinate wants and desires, given the decision-making mechanisms, social customs, and political realities of society; It concludes that the lack of agreement need not affect the subject-matter that the texts treat.

  8. 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 there is not enough water to meet all demands.

  9. Water scarcity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Water scarcity poses a threat to ecosystems and biodiversity, primarily through its impact on aquatic habitats, rivers, wetlands, and lakes. [3] Decreased water flows and the drying of water bodies disrupt the delicate balance of ecosystems, affecting a range of species including fish, amphibians, and water-dependent plants, experience habitat loss and fragmentation, affecting their ...