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What are three common causes of scarcity?
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Scarcity has three common causes:
1. Limited resources (finite factors of production) — there is only so much land, raw materials, labor, capital and energy available, so not all wants can be satisfied.
2. Unlimited or rising wants and demand — human desires, population growth, and higher incomes push demand beyond available supply.
3. Inefficient allocation or distribution — market failures, poor institutions, price controls, corruption, war or supply‑chain disruptions prevent existing resources from being used where they’re most needed.
Each of these can operate alone or together to create shortages of goods and services.
1. Limited resources (finite factors of production) — there is only so much land, raw materials, labor, capital and energy available, so not all wants can be satisfied.
2. Unlimited or rising wants and demand — human desires, population growth, and higher incomes push demand beyond available supply.
3. Inefficient allocation or distribution — market failures, poor institutions, price controls, corruption, war or supply‑chain disruptions prevent existing resources from being used where they’re most needed.
Each of these can operate alone or together to create shortages of goods and services.
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