We humans are very good at figuring out ways to make scarce things desirable.

The system of health protection for workers is a complex one, so the data on health in the workplace are still very scarce.

When food is scarce, people share.

When information is plentiful, the scarce resource is attention.

Conflict is increasing as communities compete for scarce resources.

Resources are scarce.

The information passed to my Office is scarce and unconvincing.

The same is true for ground water. Land is also increasingly scarce.

Scarce labor drives wages.

Our resources are scarce.

Evidence for prevalence of pain in newly diagnosed cancer is scarce.

Hard Wisdom for Scarce Water

Twenty percent of global GDP already is produced in water scarce areas.

Waste combustion is particularly popular in countries such as Japan where land is a scarce resource.

At a time when bank capital is scarce, that impediment carries significant economic costs.

This is the result of scarce financial resources, which should provide for better work conditions.

These are places where water is so scarce year after year that crop production is marginal at best.

However, all inductive reasoning where data is too scarce for statistical relevance is inherently based on anecdotal evidence.

Number two a declining population means scarce labor.

When information is scarce and unevenly distributed, prices may well depart from the reality of fundamentals.

Capitalism is, among other things, a struggle between individual people over the control of scarce resources.

But evidence of any consistent use of precious commodities to support Al Qaida terrorism is scarce.

Jobs are scarce, and the future looks bleak everywhere.

People aren't fighting over scarce housing or lucrative jobs.

This would help reduce consumption of scarce natural resources.

In Germany, food was scarce, but only 5 died.

Due to Belgium's often complicated politics, restructuring has led to decisions seen by some as illogical, such as the decision to mount the (very uncommon) CMI 90 mm cannon on the Piranha 3 (munition is very scarce and only made by a handful of manufacturers it will probably be supplied by Mécar).

Leaders time is a scarce resource. They cannot afford to attend multiple summits for each transnational issue.

Even at their best, all job boards do is allocate scarce talent resources they don t create them.

Surface water is scarce in Botswana and less than 5 of the agriculture in the country is sustainable by rainfall.

Things have value when they are both desirable and scarce.

Other than peat, dolomite, and limestone, natural resources are scarce.

This is particularly useful to small countries which have scarce human and financial resources to draft individual laws.

Equity is not scarce for viable banks, and the science of complex risk weights and stress tests is a harmful illusion.

Desalination of salt water is another capital intensive option, which is used particularly in water scarce areas and for high value uses.

Society would be spending scarce resources on losers rather than winners.

Schools were scarce between World War I and World War II.

The problems we see in the financial markets have very much to do with lack of good information, misaligned incentives, and, in fact, rational responses to the environment. When information is scarce and unevenly distributed, prices may well depart from the reality of fundamentals.

Of course, this is a fallacy when resources are scarce, but even economists never thought that growth would continue forever.

The state financed their purchases and investment projects with seemingly inexhaustible oil revenues. But now, with oil prices down sharply, Russia s export revenue has plummeted by 30 this year, and state funds have become very scarce.

Expansions usually start collapsing when labor gets too scarce and too expensive.

It is very powerful. It is very exciting.

Language is very different. Language is very precise.

It is very interesting what is happening, very enriching.

With resources so scarce, developing countries cannot afford the luxury of such waste.