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  2. Opportunity cost - Wikipedia

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    As a representation of the relationship between scarcity and choice, [2] the objective of opportunity cost is to ensure efficient use of scarce resources. [3] It incorporates all associated costs of a decision, both explicit and implicit. [4]

  3. 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]

  4. Production–possibility frontier - Wikipedia

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    Figure 2: Unbiased expansion of a production possibility frontier. The two main determinants of the position of the PPF at any given time are the state of technology and management expertise (which are reflected in the available production functions) and the available quantities of factors of production (materials, direct labor, and factory ...

  5. Guns versus butter model - Wikipedia

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    The production possibilities frontier (PPF) for guns versus butter. Points like X that are outside the PPF are impossible to achieve. Points such as B, C, and D illustrate the trade-off between guns and butter: at these levels of production, producing more of one requires producing less of the other. Points located along the PPF curve represent ...

  6. An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science

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    Robbins develops and defends several propositions about the relation of scarcity to economics and of economic theory to science, including the following. [2] "Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses." (1935, p. 15)

  7. Scarcity value - Wikipedia

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    Scarcity value is an economic factor describing the increase in an item's relative price by a low supply.Whereas the prices of newly manufactured products depends mostly on the cost of production (the cost of inputs used to produce them, which in turn reflects the scarcity of the inputs), the prices of many goods—such as antiques, rare stamps, and those raw materials in high demand ...

  8. The 10 Best TV Shows of 2024 - AOL

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    Creator Soo Hugh made one choice, in the first season of Pachinko, that I found baffling.Instead of preserving the chronological structure of Min Jin Lee’s sweeping novel about a 20th century ...

  9. The Ultimate Resource - Wikipedia

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    The work opens with an explanation of scarcity, noting its relation to price; high prices denote relative scarcity and low prices indicate abundance.Simon usually measures prices in wage-adjusted terms, since this is a measure of how much labor is required to purchase a fixed amount of a particular resource.