Christina Majaski writes and edits finance, credit cards, and travel content. She has 14+ years of experience with print and digital publications. In mainstream economics, consumer surplus is the ...

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Consumer surplus and producer surplus figures are derived from demand and supply curve analysis. The demand curve shows how many quantities of a product consumers are willing to purchase at different ...

Producer surplus is an economic term that describes both the minimal price that a company will accept to sell its product for and also the maximal price that the company can sell the same product for.

“Deadweight loss” is a term from economics that describes an overall economic or societal loss due to market inefficiencies. Imagine a situation where what buyers are willing to pay for a product ...