> > I would sincerely be interested in getting references for some good non
>> "dogmatic" marxists (or non-marxists) for whom profits rates do not
>> matter. Any suggestions?
>
>Paul Marlor Sweezy.
>
>Also, I can't remember Doug Henwood ever basing an argument on the "rate of
>profit."
Well, much of the last chapter of After the New Economy is organized around it: its fall in the 1970s that led to the right-wing reaction, and the successful class war that boosted it.
Doug