Surplus economics is the study of economics based upon the concept that economies operate on the basis of the production of a surplus over basic needs.
By economic surplus is meant all production which is not essential for the continuance of existence.
That is to say, all production about which there is a choice as to whether or not it is produced.
The economic surplus begins when an economy is first able to produce more than it needs to survive, a surplus to its essentials.
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