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SCARCE RESOURCE: A resource with an available quantity less than its desired use. Scarce resources are also called factors of production. Scarce goods are also termed economic goods. Scarce resources are used to produce scarce goods. Like the more general society-wide condition of scarcity, a given resource is scarce because it has a limited availability in combination with a greater (potentially unlimited) productive use. It's both of these that make it scarce. In other words, even though an item is quite limited it will not be a scarce resource if it has few if any uses (think pocket lint and free good).
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Lesson 8: Market Shocks | Unit 3: Single Shifts
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The six steps for a decrease in supply:- A determinant changes. Sellers expect higher prices.
- A curve to shifts. The supply curve for hot fudge sundaes shifts leftward.
- A shortage or a surplus occurs. The decrease in supply causes a shortage of hot fudge sundaes.
- The price changes. The price of hot fudge sundaes goes up.
- The quantities demanded and supplied change. The quantity supplied for hot fudge sundaes increases while their quantity demand is reduced.
- The market imbalance is eliminated and equilibrium is restored. The shortage of hot fudge sundaes is eliminated. The price is higher and the quantity exchanged is less.
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CHANGE IN QUANTITY SUPPLIED A movement along a given supply curve caused by a change in supply price. The only factor that can cause a change in quantity supplied is price. A related, but distinct, concept is a change in supply.
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The wealthy industrialist, Andrew Carnegie, was once removed from a London tram because he lacked the money needed for the fare.
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