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Categories: Value theory, Management cybernetics, Scarcity, Articles with short description
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scarcity  scarceness  Harris' lament  Harris's lament  Harriss' lament
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A small and inadequate amount WordNet 3.0
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A small and inadequate amount WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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 knowledge is capable of using to produce only limited maximum amounts of each economic good." Wikipedia
Fundamental problem of economics where there are limited resources to fulfill society's unlimited wants Wikidata
An inadequate amount of something; a shortage. Wiktionary
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A scarcity of grain. Wiktionary