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Re: [Marxism] Surplus capital



In a message dated 11/13/2004 4:32:43 AM Pacific Standard Time,
andromeda246@xxxxxxxxx writes:
At a guess, if all capital tied up in debt securities were invested in
production, you'd thereby wipe out about 2/3 of world unemployment directly.

But the question is: production of what? Your assumptions fail to mention the
underlying irrationality of production under a capitalist economy, the result
of which is always overproduction, inflation, unemployment and recession.

Joe
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