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La baisse tendancielle du taux de profit chez Marx (pertinence et limites d'un pronostic)

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[fre] Le statut de loi que Marx confère à son énoncé s'avère ambigu dans la mesure où il se déploie au sein de différents espaces relativement étanches (ceux des biens, des valeurs, et des prix). . Les controverses portent sur les principales contre tendances — la croissance du taux d'exploitation (pl/v) et la constance de la composition organique du capital (c/v) — qui relèvent de la théorie de la répartition (la thèse du prof it squeeze) et de celle de la concurrence (le théorème d'Okishio). . L'analyse empirique, fondée sur la cas de la France depuis la dernière guerre mondiale, aboutit à une information assez paradoxale : pl/v et c/v exprimés en termes monétaires demeurent constants jusqu'à l'ouverture de la crise. La baisse du taux de profit apparaft donc comme une conséquence et non comme une cause de la crise. [eng] Marx's statement lays down, as a law, in various and rather impervious spaces (those of physical goods, value concepts and monetary ratios) ; therefore, it seems ambiguous. . Controversies take place about the main contrary influences — growing rate of exploitation (pl/v) and constant organic composition of capital (c/v) — dealing with distribution theory (the profit squeeze interpretation and competition theory (Okishio's theorem). . An empirical study, based on the case of France since World War II, brings paradoxical evidence : both pl/v and c/v, considered as monetary ratios, remain constant until the crisis occurs. Thus, if the fa/ling rate of profit results from the crisis, it cannot provide it.

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  • Philippe Adair, 1985. "La baisse tendancielle du taux de profit chez Marx (pertinence et limites d'un pronostic)," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 10(1), pages 305-322.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:caecpo:cep_0154-8344_1985_num_10_1_1015
    DOI: 10.3406/cep.1985.1015
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