The United States is facing an existential crisis due to a lack of political imagination and a scarcity mindset, which has ...

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Economics is the study of how we use our limited resources (time, money, etc.) to achieve our goals. This definition refers to physical scarcity. In a recent book titled Scarcity, Mullainathan & Eldar ...

Scarcity is a pervasive condition of human existence. Everyday circumstances of limited resources (money and time) can make individuals experience a sense of scarcity. Scarcity functions like an ...