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Karl Marx‘s Capital Vol. 2 (Part 1/4)

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Capitalism and Stock

In a capitalist economy, it will be comprised of productive capital and commodity capital. If more money has gone into productive capital, that means there's going to be less for the capitalists to spend on their own funds. So more exploitation is going to occur. The entire stock of a capitalist here can be comprised of the things they own, ther their house that yu know, the industry they have, the buildings they use. All of this comprises their wealth, including ou kno, the labor they are employing and so on. But interestingly, in all this, he says that the cost of a transportation, like with truck drivers or witha ship operators, whatever, actually adds value to

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