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Which of the following describes the difference between "scarcity" and "shortage"?


◦ There is no difference; either word can be used to describe the situation that exists when there is less of a good or service available than people want.
◦ In the economic sense, almost everything is scarce. A shortage of a good or service occurs when the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the current market price.
◦ There is a shortage of almost everything. Scarcity occurs only if the quantity demanded of a good or service is greater than the quantity supplied at the current market price.
◦ In the economic sense, almost everything is scarce. A shortage of a good or service occurs when the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the equilibrium price.


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Reply 2 on: Mar 15, 2019
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