Scarcity Bites

Brian Evans is born with a special gift. The priceless endowment comes for free. Soon he enters a world dominated by scarcity. The future politician is introduced to the unyielding economic forces of supply and demand. The inexorable powers, facilitated by a scarcity shaped world, are center stage in this humorous economics oriented parable. Brian learns the painful lesson that scarcity is everywhere. The influence of scarceness cannot be circumvented, at least not in the long run. Then again, everyone knows what economists and non-economists alike say about the long run.