Definition of Scarcity. Meaning of Scarcity. Synonyms of Scarcity

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Definition of Scarcity

Scarcity
Scarceness Scarce"ness, Scarcity Scar"ci*ty, n. The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties. --Chaucer. A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples. --Addison. Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. --Rambler. The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness. --Collier. Syn: Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency.

Meaning of Scarcity from wikipedia

- In economics, scarcity "refers to the basic fact of life that there exists only a finite amount of human and nonhuman resources which the best technical...
- There are two types of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity.: 560  Physical water scarcity is where there is not enough...
- 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...
- Artificial scarcity is scarcity of items despite the technology for production or the sufficient capacity for sharing. The most common causes are monopoly...
- 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...
- Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much is a 2013 book by behavioural economist Sendhil Mullainathan and psychologist Eldar Shafir. The authors discuss...
- Post-Scarcity Anarchism is a collection of essays by Murray Bookchin, first published in 1971 by Ramparts Press. In it, Bookchin outlines the possible...
- The 2023 Nigerian currency crisis was precipitated by a shortage of cash currency (the naira) and an attempt by the Nigerian government to force citizens...
- The main causes of water scarcity in Africa are physical and economic water scarcity, rapid po****tion growth, and the effects of climate change on the...
- Scarcity, in the area of social psychology, works much like scarcity in the area of economics. Scarcity is basically how people handle satisfying themselves...