Rising temperatures leading to greater water scarcity, sea level rises and extreme weather events may exacerbate tensions over natural resources and cause large numbers of people to become "climate refugees" as they migrate across borders.
Information goods undermine economic systems based on scarcity.
If Benkler is right, the real-world economy of the 21st century becomes itself a giant game, in which non-market forms interact with the classic models based on scarcity and competition.
Burrowes blames the scarcity of advertising dollars for the closure of mX.
Its leading article is kinder to Labour, arguing that its "programme offers change in times of scarcity" but remains "a calculated risk".
Minutes later Obama's answer came back, just three characters short of his 140-character limit: "More severe weather events lead to displacement, scarcity, stressed populations; all increase likelihood of global conflict".
"Price increases create the perception of scarcity, which pushes investors into new terrain," he said.
The proposed economics look like a version of 18th-century mercantilism: conquer a castle, set up your trading post there, exploit need and scarcity.
Some have also suggested that the scarcity of leisure time for people who work long hours may result in habits of using alcohol as a concentrated form of relaxant.
8. Wasteland 2 is set in a harsh place, and that's reinforced constantly by the scarcity of everything I need.
In an era of increasing water scarcity and rising demand from a growing global population, agriculture and industry, the challenge for many is to do more with less.
