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200 04$aThe limits to scarcity $econtesting the politics of allocation /$fedited by Lyla Mehta
210  1$aLondon ;$aWashington, D.C. :$cEarthscan,$d2010.
215   $a1 online resource (287 p.)
225 1 $aScience in society series
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-84407-542-7 
311   $a1-84407-457-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $apt. I. Why does scarcity matter? -- pt. II. Economics and scarcity -- pt. III. Resource scarcity, institutional arrangements and policy responses : food, agriculture, water and energy.
330   $aScarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity's survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing, food, water or oil. But has the conception of scarcity been politicized, naturalized, and universalized in academic and policy debates? Has overhasty recourse to scarcity evoked a standard set of market, institutional and technological solutions which have blocked out 
410  0$aScience in society series.
606   $aScarcity
606   $aWelfare economics
606   $aSupply and demand
606   $aResource allocation
615  0$aScarcity.
615  0$aWelfare economics.
615  0$aSupply and demand.
615  0$aResource allocation.
676   $a338.5/21
701   $aMehta$b Lyla$0122578
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801  1$bMiAaPQ
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906   $aBOOK
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996   $aThe limits to scarcity$94125424
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