Capital rationing is a strategy companies use when they limit how much money they invest in projects, even if more opportunities are available. Instead of funding every profitable project, businesses ...

Note: Rationing of health care services is a contentious topic and in our view, current discussions of rationing often are unproductive or harmful. We suggest two reasons for that result. First the ...

World War II-style rationing could be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, according to new research from the University of Leeds. In a paper published today in the journal Ethics, Policy and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As state health officials plan for health care rationing during the coronavirus pandemic, lawyers, ethicists and theologians are warning that denying care on the basis of age or ...

In the 1930s, the British economist Lionel Robbins defined economics as “the science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.” This ...

Rationing of goods such as meat and fuel can both effectively and fairly reduce consumption with high climate impact. Almost 40% of the public say they could accept such measures. These are the ...

Capital rationing is a method companies use to weigh different investment options. All firms have money set aside for new investments. If a firm is presented with more profitable projects than it has ...

Rationing today is seen as a sign that things have gone very wrong. In HBO’s The Last of Us—where humanity has been decimated by a fungal infection that turns people into violent meat sacs—quarantine ...

World War II-style rationing could be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, according to new research. World War II-style rationing could be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, ...