New Economy rant

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>What's a "reasonable profit"?  As long as the market bears it, a 
>>profit is reasonable, from capital's point of view.  There can't be 
>>capitalism with "reasonable profits," can there?  Capitalism with 
>>"reasonable profits" is like the idea of "sustainable capitalism" 
>>that James O'Connor criticizes.
>
>Hey, we're not that vulgar. A "reasonable" profit is one in line 
>with prevailing averages. There's nothing "reasonable" about the 
>profit system itself, in the sense of critical reason. Branding 
>allows the lucky to earn above-average rates of profit.
>
>Doug

Well, yes, but has branding allowed the "unreasonable" rates of 
profit far above the "unreasonable" rates of profit in the 
pre-branding past?

Yoshie