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How are resources allocated?

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Resources are allocated by assessing available supply and competing demands, setting priorities or objectives (like efficiency, equity, or strategic needs), and using a mechanism—such as market prices, centralized planning, rules and quotas, or algorithms—to distribute scarce inputs across uses. Allocation balances trade-offs and constraints (budget, capacity, time) and is adjusted over time by incentives, feedback, or policy to respond to changing conditions.