Where resources are finite, or require active distribution, theycan become unavailable in the quantities needed or desired, atleast in some locations.Scarcity (a lack of sufficient supply) can strongly influencechanges in an economy, especially scarcity of vital resources suchas food, clothing, and housing.Scarcity can be eliminated throughtechnology. All matter in the universe came from somewhere. Whatmay be considered scarce or in limited supply such as raw materialsis only a reality because of our lack of discovery or ingenuity.Our current dilemma of scarcity as perceived in an economicparadigm is simply a natural flaw of that paradigm. Therefore,scarcity is truly a matter of perception.