SCARCITY

DUE:25/4/18

SCARCITY IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. WHEN THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURCES THERE IS A NEED FOR TRADING (THIS IS ECONOMICS).

TODAY IN THE FIRST WEEK IN MICROSOCIETY WE PLAYED THE SHAPES GAME

THE SHAPES GAME IS WHEN A TABLE GETS A PACKET, EACH PACKET CONTAINS

DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR EXAMPLE ONE TABLE MIGHT HAVE FIVE PIECES OF PAPER

AND ONE COUNTER WITH A PENCIL WHEN ANOTHER MIGHT HAVE TWO PENCILS TWO

SCISSORS ONE RULER AND A COMPASS.THE FIRST TABLE MIGHT SWAP THREE PIECES OF PAPER FOR A PAIR OF SCISSORS AND ONE MORE PIECE OF PAPER FOR A RULER.

THESE RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO TAKE TO MAKE CIRCLES AND SQUARES TO TAKE TO THE BANK WHERE THEY WILL BE CASHED IN FOR POINTS.

WE ALSO READ A BOOK ABOUT A PLANET CALLED

JUSTINUF WHERE EVERYBODY HAD AN UNLIMITED

SUPPLY OF EVERYTHING, BUT ONE DAY THE SOIL

TURNED POISINOUS AND THE FOOD BECAME SCARCE.

EVERYBODY WAS MOANING AND THE HIGHEST

RANKING GENERAL SAID TO SORT THE FOOD BY RANK, THE PROFESSOR SAID TO SORT IT BY INTELLIGENCE WHEREAS A EXPERIENCED SOLDIER SAID TO FIGHT FOR IT WITH THEIR STUN GUNS. IN CLASS WE DISCUSSED HOW THEY COULD'VE SHARED IT MORE FAIRLY.

HOW WOULD YOU HAVE SHARED THE FOOD ????????