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Anything that costs money would be a scarce good. Anything that is always free, such as air, would not. | Anything that costs money would be a scarce good. Anything that is always free, such as air, would not. | ||
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| + | In [[Christianity]], nothing meaningful is truly scarce. Scarcity is often exaggerated to justify non-Christian belief systems, such as [[socialism]], [[communism]] or the [[theory of evolution]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:16, December 23, 2006
Scarcity is a concept basic to all of economics: goods having alternative uses can be increased only by sacrificing other resources or goods.
Anything that costs money would be a scarce good. Anything that is always free, such as air, would not.
In Christianity, nothing meaningful is truly scarce. Scarcity is often exaggerated to justify non-Christian belief systems, such as socialism, communism or the theory of evolution.