Climate change has many signals—rising sea levels, melting glaciers, stronger storms—but the first and most immediate sign for most people on the planet is water. Not too much of it. Not too little.

Water scarcity might seem like a distant problem in a world where three-quarters of the planet's surface is water. Yet this precious resource increasingly finds itself at the center of humanity's most ...

Scarcity is a pervasive condition of human existence. Everyday circumstances of limited resources (money and time) can make individuals experience a sense of scarcity. Scarcity functions like an ...

Bitcoin, gold and silver are now viewed through new lenses of scarcity shaped by market structure, liquidity, access and price expectations. In 2026, scarcity is being repriced through narratives, ...

Hermès is still generating mid-single-digit constant-currency growth and preserving operating margins north of 40%, defying a broader luxury-goods slowdown. Scarcity and vertical integration—74% of ...