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3 years ago

Private capitalists maximize profit by choosing production techniques based on price expectations.

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
choice of technique and the rate of profit
N. Okishio

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The main goal of the article is to understand how private capitalists make decisions about which production techniques to use in order to maximize their profits. They base their choices on expectations of commodity prices and wage rates.