It depends on the market, however I think that scarcity will end up being manufactured. Just look at the diamond market -- one or two companies effectively monopolised the entire market and rose the price and value of their product through creating artificial scarcity. I don&#x27;t <i>like</i> the idea of this (I hold the idea of Iain M. Banks&#x27; The Culture[1] as the ideal civilization), but I think that it is required for capitalism to remain a viable system post-scarcity.<p>I suppose one other way to do this (That would hopefully be outlawed) is the creation of a virus that wipe out all the natural sources of a product (I&#x27;m thinking mainly of foodstuffs here), leaving a single company the owner of the plant&#x2F;genome&#x2F;whatever. The idea is explored in one of Zach&#x27;s comics: [2]<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Culture" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Culture</a><p>[2]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smbc-comics.com&#x2F;index.php?id=2834" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smbc-comics.com&#x2F;index.php?id=2834</a>