Michał Kalecki - Export Quotes

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It is the export surplus and the budget deficit which enable the capitalists to make profits over and above their own purchases of goods and services.
The connection between 'external' profits and imperialism is obvious.

Michał Kalecki

The capitalists of a country which manages to capture foreign markets from other countries are able to increase their profits at the expense of the capitalists of the other countries. Similarly, a colonial metropolis may achieve an export surplus through investment in its dependencies.

Michał Kalecki

In a sense the budget deficit can be considered as an artificial export surplus.

Michał Kalecki