Robert Trout

A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.

American Journalist

John Spratt

We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight to the bottom line, adds to the deficit, and the deficit adds to the national debt, and sooner or later, the debt has to be paid.

American Politician

Rudolf Hilferding

Since, however, the reduced surplus value is to be distributed among them in like manner, the modification of their respective parts in the production of surplus value must find expression in a modification of the prices.

Austrian Economist

Evan Bayh

As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.

Fidel Castro

Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.

Statesman

Rod Blagojevich

I know each fund has its supporters, and that some will not want to see the surplus go to schools. But, in tough times, you have to set priorities. And our priority is education.

Michel Faber

Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here, but I am trying to write books that aren't just using up trees.

Dutch Writer

Nick Cave

There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

Australian Musician

Daniel Yergin

Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil.

American Author

Rachel Kushner

Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.

American Writer

Surplus suggests a beneficial situation, especially in economics or business, indicating prosperity.

Often Positive

Surplus is often used in large-scale contexts, like governments or organizations, rather than personal use.

Scale Context

Don't confuse 'surplus' with 'surplus to requirements', which means unnecessary or unwanted.

Potential Confusion

As an adjective, 'surplus' describes resources within an organization that exceed its current needs, often implying potential cuts or sales.

Organizational Context

'Surplus' may sound negative when referring to staff or inventory, suggesting overstaffing or overstocking.

Prevent Misinterpretation

Surplus can describe a wide range of excesses, from time to space to money, indicating flexibility in its use.

Versatility

 'We need help' and U.S said 'Alright'. So, they came back to the table and said 'Alright, We are going to renegotiate Mexico's water, they do get an allocation, but now they are gonna make sure that Mexico's allocation is shares in surplus and shortage and that they will dedicate some water to the delta. So, this was that water dedicated. It was released for eight weeks to see how it did

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 What can you do with all this surplus? The thing to notice is that it is highly symmetric. As a result, it is ambivalent to orientation. This gives it an extraordinary capability. It can move anywhere it wants in space irrespective of where it is facing and even of how it is rotating.

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 Now art is something that in the secular world, we think very highly of. We think art is really, really important. A lot of our surplus wealth goes to museums, etc. We sometimes hear it said that museums are our new cathedrals, or our new churches. You've heard that saying.

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 And the interesting moment now, the number of environments where the social design challenge relies on both of those things being true. That is the resource that I'm talking about. I call it cognitive surplus. And it represents the ability of the world's population

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 with every government agreeing to be paying into a common fund a sum of cosmos units proportional to the country's trade deficit, or indeed to a country's trade surplus. And imagine that that fund is utilized to invest in green technologies,

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 Therefore, this allowed other people, non-farmers, to do other things such as make tools, craft pottery, and build homes. Farming and food surpluses led to the division of labor. This is still thousands of years ago, so life wasn't easy.

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 why. But it seems that Orca are one of the animals that indulge in what is known as surplus killing. That is killing that is not designed to be for food. Kind of seems that they compartmentalise their lives. So if they're traveling,

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 And so therefore, these three regions combined start to present a really interesting challenge for the world. Until now, countries with calorie deficits have been able to meet these deficits by importing from surplus regions.

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 such as gains in trade when two parties trade their surpluses and both come out ahead, or when two parties lay down their arms and split the so-called peace dividend that results in them not having to fight the whole time.

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 creates surpluses that can charge up I storage air conditioners and electric cars and then recovering that distributed storage when needed and filling the last gaps with unobtrusively

Surplus

An amount of something that is more than what is needed.

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Being more than what is needed.

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Often Positive

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