Michael Martin, MA Jun 4, 2017:

Dealing with scarcity? You can argue endlessly whether scarcity can be overcome or not but from a linguistic standpoint, 'bewältigen' is more than mere 'dealing' with scarcity

BrigitteHilgner May 30, 2017:

@ asker I agree with others that content is missing. The following websites might give you some ideas:
https://www.tutor2u.net/economics/blog/tackling-the-question...
and
https://books.google.de/books?id=4d6FmT2c13cC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA...

David Hollywood May 30, 2017:

don't want to poach on the answers already posted

David Hollywood May 30, 2017:

"The main contribution to/way of overcoming shortfalls is division of labo(u)r and specialization."

David Hollywood May 30, 2017:

agree in principle with previous suggestions and basically up to you

Yvonne Roith May 29, 2017:

I agree with scarcity. scarcity of resource: "dealing with scarcity" or "dealing with a scarcity of resources"

Karolin Schmidt May 29, 2017:

http://www.welt-der-bwl.de/Ökonomisches-Prinzip

Karolin Schmidt May 29, 2017:

I would say scarcity. It is about the economic problem of scarcity and infinite wants. In this case, labour is in short supply. By working more efficiently, the scarce economic resource of labour is used more economically.

Specialization and division of labour

"In large scale operations workers can do more specific tasks. With little training they can become very proficient in their task, this enables greater efficiency. A good example is an assembly line with many different jobs."

"The division of labour occurs where production is broken down into many separate tasks. Division of labour raises output per person as people become proficient through constant repetition of a task – “learning by doing”. This gain in productivity helps to lower cost per unit and ought to lead to lower prices for consumers."

Thus, it helps to reduce scarcity or the other way around use scarce resources more economically, which is the main task of an economic system.

I think scarcity is used more often than paucity. And since it cannot be really overcome, I would say "contribution to dealing with scarcity" or "reducing scarcity".

philgoddard May 29, 2017:

Shortages of work?
I would expect the sentences before and after this, and the document as a whole, to clarify exactly what is in short supply.