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Article #238272Re: Two further contributions on the debate around Marx's tendency of the rate of profit to fall
From: "sartesian via g
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 15:35
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 15:35
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--ZKoFxTlzIxKEwxSxHwdu Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 02:21 PM, Tom Walker wrote: > > I can imagine Marx's exasperated response to all this "tendency of the > rate of profit" gesticulation. Why imagine when Marx tells us exactly the importance: > > But the main thing about their horror of the falling rate of profit is the > feeling that the capitalist mode of production meets in the development of > its productive forces a barrier which has nothing to do with the > production of wealth as such; and this peculiar barrier testifies to the > limitations and to the merely historical, transitory character of the > capitalist mode of production; testifies that for the production of > wealth, it is not an absolute mode, moreover, that at a certain stage it > rather conflicts with its > further development. -- Capital Vol 3 Chapter 15 > > But for some, it's easier to speculate than to read. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#37198): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/37198 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/113051101/6024700 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+owner@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/10173629/6024700/1441833971/xyzzy [marxism@m.gmane-mx.org] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --ZKoFxTlzIxKEwxSxHwdu Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 02:21 PM, Tom Walker wrote:</div> <div> <blockquote>I can imagine Marx's exasperated response to all this "tendency of the rate of profit" gesticulation. </blockquote> </div> <div>Why imagine when Marx tells us exactly the importance:</div> <blockquote> <div><em> But the main thing about their horror of the falling rate of profit is the feeling that the capitalist mode of production meets in the development of its productive forces a barrier which has nothing to do with the production of wealth as such; and this peculiar barrier testifies to the limitations and to the merely historical, transitory character of the capitalist mode of production; testifies that for the production of wealth, it is not an absolute mode, moreover, that at a certain stage it rather conflicts with its</em><br /><em>further development.</em>--<em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Capital Vol 3</span> </em>Chapter 15</div> <div> </div> </blockquote> <div>But for some, it's easier to speculate than to read.</div> <div> </div> <div width="1" style="color:white;clear:both">_._,_._,_</div> <hr> Groups.io Links:<p> You receive all messages sent to this group. <p> <a target="_blank" href="https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/37198">View/Reply Online (#37198)</a> | <a target="_blank" href="mailto:marxmail@groups.io?subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bmarxmail%5D%20Two%20further%20contributions%20on%20the%20debate%20around%20Marx%27s%20tendency%20of%20the%20rate%20of%20profit%20to%20fall">Reply to Group</a> | <a target="_blank" href="mailto:sartesian@earthlink.net?subject=Private:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bmarxmail%5D%20Two%20further%20contributions%20on%20the%20debate%20around%20Marx%27s%20tendency%20of%20the%20rate%20of%20profit%20to%20fall">Reply to Sender</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://groups.io/mt/113051101/6024700">Mute This Topic</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/g/marxmail/post">New Topic</a> <br> <hr style="width:25%;margin-right:100%">POSTING RULES & NOTES<br /> #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br /> #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br /> #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern.<br /> #4 Do not exceed five posts a day.<hr style="width:25%;margin-right:100%"> <a href="https://groups.io/g/marxmail/editsub/6024700">Your Subscription</a> | <a href="mailto:marxmail+owner@groups.io">Contact Group Owner</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/10173629/6024700/1441833971/xyzzy">Unsubscribe</a> [marxism@m.gmane-mx.org]<br> <div width="1" style="color:white;clear:both">_._,_._,_</div> --ZKoFxTlzIxKEwxSxHwdu--
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