(December 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The economic problem â sometimes called the basic or central economic problem â asserts that an economy's finite resources are insufficient to satisfy all human wants and needs. It assumes that human wants are unlimited, but the means to satisfy human wants are scarce. Three questions arise from this:
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The CDC tracked fatalities from 2003 to 2010 and found that 128 people have died while working at offshore operations, like the rig made famous by 2010's Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill that killed 11 people.