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Income and Growth

In: Problems of a Mature Economy

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  • F. V. Meyer
  • D. C. Corner
  • J. E. S. Parker

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The preceding four chapters considered the distribution of incomes as a reflection of the relative scarcity of factors. A rise in profits indicated the economy’s reward for growth and reflected a rising scarcity of capital for growth. The national wages bill reflected the scarcity of labour for current activities. Rent reflected the unalterable past. Salaries were defined as a compound of wages and rent, so that they could be considered as a mixture of present and past, though the salary-earner’s ability to anticipate future growth also implied a profit element. Ignoring the unalterable past, it was possible to present much of the argument in terms of a two-factor model, where the two factors were labour and capital and the appropriate factor rewards were wages and profit; and where wages represented the reward for current ways of carrying on economic activities, and profits the reward for the venturesome.

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  • F. V. Meyer & D. C. Corner & J. E. S. Parker, 1970. "Income and Growth," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Problems of a Mature Economy, chapter 23, pages 435-447, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-15400-5_23
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15400-5_23
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