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working capital

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Circulating capital includes national debt Other bonds and proprietary stocks that can be circulated in the national inter-bank market bank deposit And cash (including transactions Clearing funds ); Has been used for Repurchase financing The national debt and other bonds shall not be included in the working capital.
Working capital refers to Productive capital For purchasing raw materials, fuels Auxiliary materials etc. Object of labor And the part used to purchase labor, including all Variable capital And part of Constant capital And fixed capital symmetric.
Chinese name
working capital
Foreign name
circulating capital

Conceptual form

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Working capital and fixed capital Is divided from Capital turnover Put forward from different angles. fixed capital value After a long period of time and many times of production process, we gradually transferred to new products. Advances to fixed capital Prepaid capital It is corresponding to the degree of wear and tear of fixed capital, part by part returned to the hands of capitalists. Prepaid capital advanced on working capital will go through a production process and Sales process And all of them will be returned to the capitalists. Therefore, the turnover speed of working capital is much faster than that of fixed capital. In the time required for a turnover of fixed capital, working capital can often be turned over dozens, hundreds or more times.

Conceptual composition

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The different components of working capital have both the commonness of quick turnover and different characteristics. Used to purchase raw materials, fuels, etc Object of labor The working capital of Constant capital Their Material form At one time Production process All of them will be consumed and transformed into new products. Their value will also be transferred to the products at one time Circulation field , by Commodity capital Becomes Monetary capital , then becomes Productive capital , complete a turnover. The part of working capital used to purchase labor is Variable capital Its value is not transferred, but re created in the production process by the use of labor, that is, the labor of workers. The labor force not only produces value of labor power And created surplus value All of these New value , are added to the products and are occupied by the capitalists.
to make clear fixed capital The same as the division of working capital Constant capital and variable capital The distinction between the two is important for revealing capitalism Production relations The essence of is of great significance. The division of constant capital and variable capital is based on Value proliferation The role of. The two classifications have their own meanings and cannot be confused. bourgeois class Economists usually only recognize the difference between fixed capital and working capital, but deny or conceal the difference between constant capital and variable capital, in order to cover up the real source of surplus value.
Working capital Productive capital The proportion of Prepaid capital The turnover speed of has a great impact. The higher the proportion of working capital and the faster the turnover speed, the faster the turnover speed of prepaid total capital.

Concept comparison

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fixed capital Working capital and Constant capital Variable capital Comparison:
1、 Basis of division Different.
The former is divided according to the different ways of capital value turnover, while the latter is divided according to the different parts of capital surplus value Different roles played in the production process;
2. The content of division is different.
Constant capital includes Labor materials and Object of labor Capital, while fixed capital only includes capital used for means of labor
According to the role of means of production in surplus value production
Various elements of productive capital
Divided according to the value turnover mode of production capital
Constant capital
Labor materials
fixed capital
Object of labor
working capital
Variable capital
the labor
3. The purpose of division is different.
The division of fixed capital and working capital is to explain Productive capital Different parts of Capital turnover Speed thus affects surplus value Different impacts of quantity; and Constant capital and variable capital The purpose of the division is to explain that variable capital is the real source of surplus value, thus revealing the fact of capitalist exploitation.