Assertion: imperialism's influence | /r/CapableOf | allocate scarce resources
Facets:
value: to competing ends
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In his Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science, he proposed a definition of economics as a study of a particular aspect of human behaviour, the one that falls under the influence of scarcity,[e] which forces people to choose, allocate scarce resources to competing ends, and economize (seeking the greatest welfare while avoiding the wasting of scarce resources).