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The Unknown Unknown Marx

capital that “expose the basis of overproduction, the fundamental contradiction of developed capital.” Nicolaus qualified what Marx meant by overproduction to be “[not] simply ‘excess inventory’; rather, he means excess productive…

Clarification (my final one, I hope)

…that Romney’s claim is false. There was no private capital available, from Bain Capital or Goldman Sachs or any other firm, for “managed” bankruptcies of these companies—bankruptcies that would have…

BREAKING NEWS: Bain Capital Really, Really, REALLY Did Not Want to Lend GM and Chrysler Money For Their Managed Bankruptcies!”*

…a blog posting regarding Bain Capital, GM and Chrysler, which is incorrect. Refer to the CNBC retraction below. Please update your story accordingly. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/288038/withdrawn-cnbc-report-bain-advised-obama-administration-auto-company-bailout-has-been- Best, Charlyn Lusk Charlyn Lusk Stanton…

Free Trade vs the World Bank

…for a rich nation and is 5% overall world wide. Produced capital accounts for only 18% world wide. 77% of wealth creation is from “intangible capital”. Intangible capital is the…

…was a very strong and relatively stable trend growth rate for both productivity and real capital stock per employee. But in the 1980s economic cycle growth in the real capital