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Our economy is characterised by:
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Unlimited wants and needs
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Unlimited material resources
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No energy resources
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Abundant productive labour
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Solution

The correct option is A Unlimited wants and needs
The problem of scarcity, stems from the basic idea that peoples' wants are unlimited, however the earth only contains a finite amount of resources that can be used to produces goods and services that will fulfill the unlimited wants and needs.

Option b is incorrect: The term limited resources refers to material resources such as fuel, coal, food grains etc, the production of all these have a limited supply and cannot be infinitely increased.

Option c is incorrect: As the economy will have to employ some amount of energy resources such as electricity and fuel in order to produce the goods and services desired by the economy.

Option d is incorrect: The term limited resources refers to human resources such as labour, the supply and productivity of this is limited supply and cannot be infinitely increased.

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