What is the relationship between scarcity and shortage, as economists use the terms?

A) Scarcity and shortage cannot exist simultaneously.
B) Shortages are the basic cause of scarcity.
C) Scarcity creates shortages in the long run.
D) Scarcity is relative while shortages are absolute.
E) Scarcity is unavoidable but shortages are not.


E

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