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At 07:30 05/05/00 -0400, JERRY LEVY wrote:
>Re Paul C's [OPE-L:3013]:
>
>An issue: you contrast the "flow rate of profit" (s/c+v) with the
>"stock rate of profit" (s/K). You also recognize that c, v, and s
>are all "flow" categories. Yet, in *defining accumulation*, Marx
>uses the "flow" categories of c, v, and s rather than the "stock"
>category of K ("s", it appears, can be both a flow and a stock in
>your interpretation depending on the dimension used).
He used both at various times. In general he does not make
a clear distinction between flows and stocks, this is an artifact
of his use of fixed period analysis where the dictinction between
the two is less clear than it is with a continuous time analysis.
>Thus, are
>suggesting that "accumulation of capital" should be *re-defined*
>in terms of "stock" categories?
>
>If that were done, when (if ever) would the "flow" categories
>"re-appear" in the accumulation process? If "a flow is just the
>derivative of stock with respect to time", then how would (could?)
>stocks be valued when (if?) they were converted back into flows?
Sorry I dont see where there is a problem here.
Can you explain what you think the difficulty is.
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