It is scarcity, Edsall contends, that turns modest policy differences into zero-sum showdowns between his "haves" and aspiring "have-nots".
Our current system isn't eliminating scarcity and poverty; it's causing scarcity for most people and delivering extreme prosperity to a powerful minority.
It's not scarcity that is driving Friends-mania, it's sad nostalgia, pure and simple.
It's the scarcity that makes people respond as if Girl Scout cookies are baked with cocaine instead of flour.
But as launches go, it's the scarcity of the product itself that is perhaps the most remarkable facet.
And whether it's water scarcity in Brazil, the rural electricity shortfall in India, the financial meltdown in Russia, or income inequality in the U.S., public-sector leaders often seem overmatched and overwhelmed at a time when solutions and answers are needed.
Cost-effective and cost-saving interventions are urgently needed for the early detection and optimal management of diabetes in Nigeria [ 61] but it is recognised that there are scarcity of resources and numerous challenges to effective service delivery in Africa [ 62].
For a lot of industries in a lot of segments, such as AI, you're trying to find 10 or 20 of the very best medical AI researchers in the world, and that's where it's the talent scarcity more than a capital scarcity that plays a central role.
