Allocating the H1N1 Vaccine 11/23/09
Source: FTE | Type: discussion guide
FTE hot topics are single class period discussion guides including a student reading handout, discussion questions, and suggested answers. This one discusses scarcity and allocation. That\'s what economists study, and you\'re taking economics because dealing with scarcity is the perennial problem man faces on earth: How do we allocate limited resources to meet unlimited wants? Is the H1N1 vaccine scarce? Yes, most definitely, but so are lots of other things and they\'re not making news headlines. The challenge therefore, would seem to be to figure out why this particular scarcity has us in such an uproar.
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