Definitions and Basics. In economics, scarcity refers to limitationsâinsufficient resources, goods, or abilities to achieve the desired ends. Figuring out ways to make the best use of scarce resources or find alternatives is fundamental to economics. Scarcity and Choices, at SocialStudiesforKids.com. Think of a thing that you like to have.
Unfortunately for the group, Shannon Hoon, lead singer for Blind Melon, is now dead. He died of an accidental overdose of cocaine and alcohol on October 21, 1995. He was known to have a taste for hard drugs and had been to rehab earlier in the year.
James MacArthur, who played Danno, the boyish-looking but hard-driving sidekick on the long-running television detective show Hawaii Five-O, died Thursday. He was 72. Mr. MacArthur died in Florida of natural causes, his agent, Richard Lewis, told the Associated Press. For 11 of the 12 years that Hawaii Five-O first ran on CBS, Mr. MacArthur, as Detective Danny Williams, chased thieves, hit men, swindlers, spies and assorted loonies.