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  2. Rationing - Wikipedia

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    Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, [1] or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one's allowed portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. There are many forms of rationing, although rationing by price is ...

  3. Scarcity - Wikipedia

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    Scarcity also includes an individual's lack of resources to buy commodities. [2] The opposite of scarcity is abundance. Scarcity plays a key role in economic theory, and it is essential for a "proper definition of economics itself". [3] "The best example is perhaps Walras' definition of social wealth, i.e., economic goods. [3] 'By social wealth ...

  4. Local economic development - Wikipedia

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    The South African Forum for Effective Planning and Development in 1995 defined integrated development planning as, ‘A participatory approach to integrate economic, sectoral, spatial, social, institutional, environmental and fiscal strategies in order to support the optimal allocation of scarce resources between sectors and geographical areas ...

  5. Has before- and after-school care become scarce in Savannah ...

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    As SCCPSS students headed back to school, families struggled to find care options for outside of school hours. Has before- and after-school care become scarce in Savannah? Some spaces remain available

  6. Economic problem - Wikipedia

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    In view of the scarce resources, the question of whether all available resources are fully utilized is an important one. A community should achieve maximum satisfaction by using the scarce resources in the best possible manner—not wasting resources or using them inefficiently. There are two types of employment of resources: Labour-intensive

  7. Hoarding (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Hoarding resources can prevent or slow products or commodities from traveling through the economy. [4] Subsequently, this may cause the product or commodity to become scarce, causing the value of the resource to rise. A common intention of economic hoarding is to generate a profit by selling the product once the price has increased.

  8. Distributive justice - Wikipedia

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    Many governments are known for dealing with issues of distributive justice, especially in countries with ethnic tensions and geographically distinctive minorities. Post-apartheid South Africa is an example of a country that deals with issues of re-allocating resources with respect to the distributive justice framework. [citation needed]

  9. Education economics - Wikipedia

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    Education economics or the economics of education is the study of economic issues relating to education, including the demand for education, the financing and provision of education, and the comparative efficiency of various educational programs and policies.