Re: [OPE-L] Boffy's Blog: "The Tendency For The Rate Of Profit To Rise"

From: Paul Cockshott (wpc@DCS.GLA.AC.UK)
Date: Sun Dec 16 2007 - 15:24:39 EST

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I would guess that it is around 200 million in China, what the figures for
the rest of asia are I dont know. It would be well worth somebody going
through the UN yearbook and getting an estimate.

Paul Cockshott
Dept of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
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Subject: Re: [OPE-L] Boffy's Blog: "The Tendency For The Rate Of Profit To Rise"
 

> He fails to consider what happens if say 50% of profit on capital is reinvested each year,> can the working population grow fast enough?
 
 
Hi Paul C:
 
What would you estimate to be the size of the global relative
surplus population (i.e. the global industrial reserve army)?
 
In solidarity, Jerry

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