But the capitalist profits are already accounted for when measuring trade balance. Obviously the capitalists are taking a cut on every transaction, but that is technically still money going one way or the other
Yes but somtimes money just apears from thin air. So coutry a can buy a shipment of grain from coutry b and conjure money to pay without an equivalent sale to any other coutry.
It doesn't really even out because the buyer isn't paying only for labor and production cost, but also for the capitalist to make a profit.
But the capitalist profits are already accounted for when measuring trade balance. Obviously the capitalists are taking a cut on every transaction, but that is technically still money going one way or the other
Yes but somtimes money just apears from thin air. So coutry a can buy a shipment of grain from coutry b and conjure money to pay without an equivalent sale to any other coutry.