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LUXURY GOOD: In general, a good (or service) that is not essential but makes like more enjoyable. Luxury goods are often more expensive and primarily purchased by people with more wealth and income. Using more precise, technical language, a luxury good exists if the income elasticity of demand is positive and greater than one. In other words, as people receive more income, they devote an increasingly larger share of income to the purchase of luxury goods.
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STAR TREK SCARCITY A science-fiction phenomenon that emerged in the second half of the 20th century, which not only entertained millions of fans worldwide for decades, but also can be used to illustrate important economic concepts such as scarcity.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time going from convenience store to convenience store seeking to buy either a decorative windchime with plastic or a flower arrangement for that special day for your mother. Be on the lookout for deranged pelicans.
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