artificial scarcity

collocation in English

meaningsofartificialandscarcity

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artificial
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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scarcity
noun[U]
uk
/ˈskeə.sə.ti/us
/ˈsker.sə.t̬i/
a situation in which something is not easy to find ...
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(Definition ofartificialandscarcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His principal purpose is to bring about anartificialscarcityill order to raise prices.
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After all, exploitation occurs where there isartificialscarcityof accommodation.
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It is a deliberate restriction by rationing, and it tends to raise the price of coal by creating anartificialscarcity.
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They are trying to createartificialscarcityin order to achieve a certain price level.
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Will it createartificialscarcityof fish of a permanent nature and will that mean permanent high prices for fish?
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He is not attempting to solve this problem by creating anartificialscarcity.
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To release land parsimoniously, acre by acre, in the wake of demand only createsartificialscarcityand fancy prices.
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What would be culpable would be anartificialscarcitycaused by bad or out-or-date planning, or by neglect of suitable land.
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This really has nothing to do with the financial benefits which accrue as a consequence of theartificialscarcityof land and buildings as a consequence of any planning permission.
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On the other hand, we should prevent, by any means that are necessary, the creation ofartificialscarcitymerely for the sake of putting up profits.
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It should reduce theartificialscarcityvalue which encourages sales with vacant possession today and it should enable the energetic young man more easily to obtain a tenancy.
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In order to maintain higher prices this fish was not allowed to come into the consumers' market and the price was kept up by creating anartificialscarcity.
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This ended the withdrawal of old oil from the market andartificialscarcity, encouraging increased oil production.
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Artificialscarcity, on the other hand, is the outcome of such arrangements.
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Artificialscarcitycan hardly serve as a justification for the legal framework that causes that scarcity.
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The spectrum property rights model is often critiqued for potentially leading toartificialscarcityand the "hold-up" problem.
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This can result in a form of imposedartificialscarcityon a product that is otherwise very easy to copy and redistribute.
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Some libertarian critics of intellectual property have argued that allowing property rights in ideas and information createsartificialscarcityand infringes on the right to own tangible property.
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Corporate monopoly of common resources typically createsartificialscarcity, resulting in socio-economic imbalances that restrict workers from access to economic opportunity and diminish consumer purchasing power.
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Club goods haveartificialscarcity.
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