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Dynamics of the Rate of Surplus Value and the “New Normal” of the Chinese Economy

In: Return of Marxian Macro-Dynamics in East Asia

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This paper builds homogenous series of the rate of surplus value (RSV) for the Chinese economy over the extended period 1956–2014 with a Marxian approach. It finds that the high profitability that stimulated capital accumulation in the decade before the 2008 crisis had relied on the continuous growth in the RSV. Given that the global crisis and changes in the domestic economy undermine all the conditions maintaining the accumulation model (an expanding external market, a relatively large reserve army of labor, and a low debt-income ratio), the RSV has failed to increase and profitability declined since 2008. Thus, this paper interprets the so-called new normal of the Chinese economy as a stage of declining profitability that results mainly from the stagnant RSV and the rising value composition of capital.

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  • Hao Qi, 2017. "Dynamics of the Rate of Surplus Value and the “New Normal” of the Chinese Economy," Research in Political Economy, in: Return of Marxian Macro-Dynamics in East Asia, volume 32, pages 105-129, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rpeczz:s0161-723020170000032007
    DOI: 10.1108/S0161-723020170000032007
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