Microeconomics For Today (MindTap Course List)
Microeconomics For Today (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305507111
Author: Irvin B. Tucker
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Explain why both low living standard and high living standard country face the problem of scarcity.

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Scarcity is a situation in which human wants are greater than the available resources. A low standard of living country is less wealthy, which means low production, low employment, and so on. A poor country like this would face the problem of lack of food, clothing, and shelter. Here, the resources are limited to meet the needs of people. In the case of a high standard of living country or rich countries, they are wealthy and where the production of goods and services are at the peak level. People in the rich country are highly competitive, so their needs are also more. Here the needs are more than that of available resources. Thus, $1 million does not contribute to solve the problem of scarcity or does not help the countries to escape from the problem of scarcity.

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Scarcity: Scarcity refers to the limited availability of resources than the required level.

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