[lbo-talk] Austerity In The Face Of Weakness

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Aug 31 20:56:29 PDT 2010


On Aug 31, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Julio Huato wrote:


> I'm not sure I understand why the profit rate would be irrelevant. It
> seems to me that it's exactly the opposite. The profit rate is the
> rate at which capital expands itself.

Not necessarily. It's the return on past investment. That return can be reinvested, hoarded, or consumed.

Doug



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