I certainly do. It accords fully with Marx's own text and with the
empirical evidence, as Ernest Mandel already pointed out in 1960.
> However, even if all of the above is true, it may _also_ be the case that
> there are other variables (e.g. related to market structure) inhibiting
> profit rate equalization.
Which is why any specific empirical analysis of capitalist development must
necessarily involve a "multi-causal" approach.
Regards
Jurriaan Bendien