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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Surplus

Surplus

  • Glut
  • Oversupply

Narrower

Overproduction of goods
Excellent
Surplus of medical doctors
Presentable
Excess military capacity
Unpresentable
Large trade surpluses
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Capitalist speculation
Presentable

Reduced by

Excessive consumption of goods and services
Presentable

Related

Hoarding
Unpresentable

Strategy

Reducing surpluses
Yet to rate
Producing glut
Yet to rate
Distributing surplus
Yet to rate

Value

Oversufficiency-Insufficiency
Unpresentable
Surplus
Yet to rate
Oversupply
Yet to rate
Glut
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(B) Basic universal problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Purchasing, supplying
  • Commerce » Merchandise
  • Economics » Resource utilization
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    F4750
    DOCID
    11647500
    D7NID
    135610
    Last update
    Oct 15, 2024