Economics: Resource Bottlenecks

One challenging problem faced by those concerned with economics is that of resource bottlenecks that could potentially choke technological progress and even force civilization collapse. There is great debate as to how and if technology can and will continue to improve all resource scarcities with some schools of economic thought worrying more or less about the potential for serious economic disruption.

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