Wall Street Journal: China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’ 👀

  • CoralMarks [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    China’s economy as a result has become less efficient. The amount of capital input needed to generate one unit of economic growth has nearly doubled since 2012

    Oh no!!! NOT THE UNDEFINED UNITS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH BECOMING MORE EXPENSIVE! That’s far more important than reducing homelessness!!!

    Isn’t that just a feature of China growing and further growth always being more expensive because it requires more or scarcer resources or more specialized forms of labor?

    Like isn’t that the case in any economy?

    • CountryRoads [fae/faer,it/its]
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      4 years ago

      The Rate of Profit doesn't have a tendency to decline, silly. That would imply that Capitalism is unsustainable and inevitably leads to crises!

    • ImperativeMandates [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      For a large part yes, but you try in western economics to look at the variables as unconnected to the world and unconnected to consequences.

    • Elohim [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      It’s the tendency of the rate of profit to fall, and is a tendency in every market long term