The New Dark Age

17 January 2020 — theplanningmotivedotcom

Just as the rate of profit and interest interact, so too financialization and production

This article not only examines turnover in the US economy during Quarter 3, but, includes an analysis of the composition of funding making up circulating capital. For the first time the contributions made by internal funds (provided by profit) and external funds (provided by bank credits) can be analysed, because the turnover formula yields circulating capital in real time. The results, beginning in 1955, show how abnormal the current period is in terms of this funding.

q3-turnover-and-composition-of-circulating-capital-pdf.pdf

Additional files

GROSS OUTPUT Q3 2019 (spreadsheet)

TABLE 1.14 RATIO OF LOANS TO WORKING CAPITAL 1955+ (spreadsheet)

TABLE 1.14 Q3 WORKING CAPITAL GRAPH (spreadsheet)