Trends in American capitalism : Profits and living standards / Labor Research Association. - New York : International Publishers, 1948. - 128 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes appendix and index.

Preface -- I. What is capitalism? -- II. Measurement of surplus value -- III. Profits of U.S. corporations -- IV. Surplus value in American manufacturing -- V. The organic composition of capital -- VI. The American standard of living -- VII. Business and government spending -- VIII. Postwar view of American capitalism -- Appendix -- Index.

"The purpose of this book is to discuss some of the tendencies of capitalism in the United States. It attempts to bring a basic economic analysis to bear upon some of the statistical material now available on various aspects of our economy. It deals with the rate and mass of surplus value and profit, the conditions of the working class, and the probable future line of development of the so-called 'free enterprise' system." -- From the preface.

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Capitalism.


United States--Economic conditions--1945-

HC 106.5 / .L2 1948

330.973