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  2. Scarcity - Wikipedia

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    Scarcity plays a key role in economic theory, and it is essential for a "proper definition of economics itself". [3] "The best example is perhaps Walras' definition of social wealth, i.e., economic goods. [3] 'By social wealth', says Walras, 'I mean all things, material or immaterial (it does not matter which in this context), that are scarce ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Artificial scarcity - Wikipedia

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    An economic liberal argument against artificial scarcity is that, in the absence of artificial scarcity, businesses and individuals would create tools based on their own need (demand). For example, if a business had a strong need for a voice recognition program, they would pay to have the program developed to suit their needs.

  5. Post-scarcity - Wikipedia

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    Post-scarcity is a theoretical economic situation in which most goods can be produced in great abundance with minimal human labor, so that they become available to all very cheaply or even freely. [1] [2] Post-scarcity does not mean that scarcity has been eliminated for all goods and services.

  6. Hoarding (economics) - Wikipedia

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    [3] [16] Resultantly, economic hoarding is often considered to be detrimental as it can isolate commodities from the economy. Due to the complexity of the economy and the flows of resources occurring within it, critics argue that the effect economic hoarding has on the economy is abstracted and the results of economic hoarding can be highly varied.

  7. 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.

  8. Trekonomics - Wikipedia

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    They live free from economic necessity, so they devote their lives to science and justice. The chapter highlights how economic behaviours and psychology change under the post-scarcity. The eighth chapter deals with the Ferengi, an economically powerful alien species in the Star Trek universe, with an economy based on trade and capitalism. They ...

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

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    Scarcity affects all aspects of life. It causes people to focus and shuffle resources to concentrate on and address urgent tasks. Bandwidth helps to mitigate the effects of scarcity, because it causes planning for the future and investments in activities and resources that will be beneficial in the future.