Eric Nilsson wrote: >Of course, I'm not entirely sure whether net interest payments should be >included as profit from lending something scarce (money) need not be profit >from capitalist activities. But I haven't quite figured this out yet.
Net interest is figured as what biz pays to households, right? It's an expense for business and an income for households. And yes, rental income of persons includes imputed rent on owner-occupied housing. Check out the imputations table 8.21 <http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/TableViewFixed.asp?SelectedTable=185&FirstYear=1995&LastYear=2000&Freq=Year> at <http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp?Selected=N>. Doug
