The real question is: Scarce for whom? And that's the paradox at the heart of capitalism. It generates surpluses on the condition that they can belong, in large

The real question is: Scarce for whom? And that's the paradox at the heart of capitalism. It generates surpluses on the condition that they can belong, in large part, to a tiny minority. Solving for scarcity in the aggregate by no means solves for scarcity on the ground.