>Doug Henwood wrote:
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>>RATES OF RETURN ON CAPITAL IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR
>>from OECD Economic Outlook, June 1996, table A25
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>> 1979 1989 1995
>>U.S. 16.0 17.3 18.3
>>Japan 14.4 15.8 13.3
>>Germany 11.7 12.5 13.8
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>>G7 average 14.3 15.7 16.2
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>>12 smaller
>> countries 13.2 14.6 14.9
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>>OECD-Europe 12.1 13.6 14.6
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>>all OECD 14.2 15.6 16.0
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>And you a Marxist! Doug, theory tells us that the rate of profit falls over
>time. These data must be incorrect! ;-)
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>Blair
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>Blair Sandler
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It depends how you calculate the rate of profit. Different definitions give
different results.
Fikret
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