[lbo-talk] Marx on profits

[Eric]

>  What has been done to restore profitability or to secure outlets
>  for the profitable investment of a mounting stock of idle capital?
>  Social democracy and collective bargaining have been scrapped.
>  Industries have been restructured to guarantee shareholder value.

True, but of course I won't allow you to get nostalgic: don't forget 
that social democracy and collective bargaining were, in their days, 
tactics for restoring profitability.