At 01:51 AM 2/14/97 -0800, in OPE 4216, Paul Cockshott wrote:
(snip)
>In practice by far the harder problem relates to distinguishing
>between the profit and the total surplus value produced, since
>this appears both as profit and as rent and the wages of unproductive
>workers. It is how to deal with the unproductive sector that
>gives rise to most of the practical problems.
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John comments:
It is becoming increasingly unclear to me how depreciation charges are
separated from profits in this type of endeavor.