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  • noun Plural form of scarcity.

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Examples

  • The proper distribution of usefructs and other scarcities is an area of classical liberalism that glibertarians and other “conservatives” generally choose to blithely ignore.

    Matthew Yglesias » All Planning is Planning 2010

  • Shmoe wrote, The proper distribution of usefructs and other scarcities is an area of classical liberalism that glibertarians and other “conservatives” generally choose to blithely ignore.

    Matthew Yglesias » All Planning is Planning 2010

  • To those only concerned with material well-being, the expectation of such mastery meant that people did not have to be concerned with long-term scarcities or how their activities otherwise might affect the future [5].

    An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 2 2007

  • Finding the 'scarcities' i.e. the things that you can still charge for will be increasingly important for all artists whose work can be reproduced digitally.

    The Equity Kicker 2008

  • In the past, you may have been hired solely for having a diploma, but today with the scarcities we face and the glut of prospective candidates, employers can be much more selective.

    barriers 2010

  • If copyright holders still wish to generate extra-normal profits, they must take steps to create and market scarcities.

    Collective Licensing – a Solution to Copyright Lawsuits? : Law is Cool 2009

  • In the past, you may have been hired solely for having a diploma, but today with the scarcities we face and the glut of prospective candidates, employers can be much more selective.

    Education 2010

  • If copyright holders were to make the bulk of their money off resources that are scarce, they may even find it profitable to give abundant content which is easily copied away for free and drum up demand for scarcities that they control.

    Collective Licensing – a Solution to Copyright Lawsuits? : Law is Cool 2009

  • In the past, you may have been hired solely for having a diploma, but today with the scarcities we face and the glut of prospective candidates, employers can be much more selective.

    Accountability 2010

  • In the past, you may have been hired solely for having a diploma, but today with the scarcities we face and the glut of prospective candidates, employers can be much more selective.

    barriers 2010

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