There's a debate about the meaning of economic scarcity going on all over the Web, most recently set off by Chris Anderson's "Economy of Abundance" talk at Pop!Tech, that David Hornik and Ross ...

U.S. farmland is emerging as a distinctive store of value—driven by one key feature: its fundamental scarcity.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo discusses the role of women in her field. Alongside her husband and two others, Esther Duflo won a Nobel Prize for Economics last year for her ...

Two researchers have dubbed this phenomenon scarcity, and they say it touches on many aspects of our lives. "It leads you to take certain behaviors that in the short term help you to manage scarcity, ...

Historically, business success has been defined by abundance. But as signs of capitalistic fatigue emerge, the next economic ...

Scarcity is an economic concept we encounter in addressing a basic problem—the gap between limited resources and theoretically limitless wants. This situation requires people to make decisions ...

Scarcity is the keen lens through which the economic, social, and political constraints that accompany China’s rise can be seen most clearly.

Scary economic news is everywhere, but adopting a scarcity mindset can get in the way of making sound money decisions.

There are fewer women than men among both professors and students in the economics department at Tufts, according to Professor Dan Richards, chair of the Department of Economics. Richardstold the ...