Teorias sobre la plusvalia

D’abord^[183] si no se operase más incremento de la producción (y del capital dedicado a la producción) que en el cutlery trade,^[184] como damos por supuesto, el return^[185] no representaría «una proporción menor», sino an absolute loss. There are then only three courses open to the cutlery-monger. Either he must exchange his increased produce as he would have done his less produce, and so his increased production would result in a positive loss. Or he must try to get new consumers; if amongst the old circle, this could be only done by withdrawing custtomers from another trade and shift loss upon other shoulders; or he must enlarge his market beyond his former limits, but neither the one nor the other operation depends on his good will, nor on the mere existence of an increased quantity of knives. Or, in the last instance, he must carry over his production to another year and diminish his new supply for that year, which, if his addition of capital did exist not only in additional wages, but in additional fixed capital, will equally result in a loss.