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Scarcity exists because it is not possible to have everything we want and need. Scarcity and wants and needs determine how we make choices and allocate our limited resources between goods and services. There are four factors of production that affect business - land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. Both physical capital and human capital are required in our economy.
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