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The Economic Surplus, The Baran Ratio, And Long Wave Cycles, Thomas E. Lambert
The Economic Surplus, The Baran Ratio, And Long Wave Cycles, Thomas E. Lambert
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This paper briefly outlines the idea and development of the economic surplus concept at the macroeconomic level as opposed to the one in microeconomics often labeled as a Marshallian surplus. Of special interest and focus is the concept as developed and used by heterodox economists. The notion of a residual amount of output or income over and above what is necessary for a society’s consumption (education, housing, food, clothing, health care, transportation, and other necessities of life) that can be used either for further consumption by an elite class, used for reinvestment in productive activities, and/or wasted on unproductive efforts …