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Lexington, Kentucky (CNN) -- Obamacare is expected to increase patient demand for medical services. Combine that with a worsening shortage of doctors. So this article explains the shortage supply od doctors and nurses and the increased demand of paitent needs as they now all need to have healthcare insurances and want to take advantage of its use.

"But many economists call it a classic case of a government causing a problem rather than solving it. Prices are set so low, they say, that companies and producers cannot make a profit. So farmers grow less food, manufacturers cut back production and retailers stock less inventory." In Venezuela, poorly executed price ceilings are causing massive shortages of many necessities. Although prices are cheap, it is extremely difficult to find necessities like bread or toilet paper.

This artcicle talks about the supply and demand for the Nintendo Wii. The suppliers did not think that the demand for this procuct would have been high. Therefore they procuded a low supply of Wii's.

good article about a company messing up in a good way sort of. this is very intersting especilly since the company it talks about is pretty big.

After an extremely poor grape harvest from 2012, there are predictions of a shortage of wine in the following years. The supply for wine will not meet the demand, knocking the market out of equilibrium.

In order to meet the demands of electricity in Nepal as well as export electricity to power-hungry India, the Nepal government agreed allow GMR to construct the 900-megawatt Upper Karnali hydroelectric power plant in the northwest. The project set for completion in 2021, which will provide 12 per cent energy free to Nepal to ease a crippling power shortage and help its economy emerge. An agreement was signed to construct transmission lines across the border to transmit the remaining electricity to India, which can help reducing the extreme scarcity of electricity in India. I agree with the project because this can decrease the scarcity level in both Nepal and India.

This article is about Apple couldn't supply enough iPhones to satisfy the demand of customers, due to supply constraints. The shortage on the supply was not due to a strategical mistake: Releasing it on the west and China simultaneously, resulting 9 million sales on the first week, exceeding the expected number.

When Apple released its new phone there was huge surge in demand as the factor influencing demand, consumers preference had inclined towards Iphone's. Thus, the supply of Iphones could not be kept up to the demand.

This article covers the impending water crisis (a shortage) and is a good example of the tragedy of the commons.

This article is about the idea of shutting down power in order to preserve it when there is a supply shortage in power. Article also offers renewable energy sources as an alternative and gives information about how to manage it; in contrary to our beliefs, renewable energy sources also seem like a scarce source since producing energy depends on e.g. how much wind you receive that given month etc.

NRG Energy, the largest public electricity provider in the US is facing trouble providing enough electricity to power grids because of coal shortage. Coal stockpiles have fallen by 28% and prices have risen by 5.8%. And because oils are becoming more dominant in rail way delivery, coal plants are struggling to stay in market.