**Surplus Value** (sometimes called **Profit**) is a key concept in
[socialist](Socialism "wikilink") (and especially
[marxist](Marxism "wikilink")) understanding at how
[capitalism](capitalism "wikilink") operates. It refers to the
difference of money generated for a business by its
[workers](Working_Class "wikilink") and the amount of
[money](money "wikilink") that is actually paid to workers in the form
of [wages](Wage_Labour "wikilink").

## Justifications

### Risk taken by capitalist