Profit

According to Marx, "[t]he surplus value produced within a given period of circulation, when measured against the total capital which has been advanced, is called — profit."

Distinguishing characteristics

Distinguishing characteristics of profit include:

• Profit is thus best understood as the value of the commodities produced by the workers after deducting their wages, the cost of raw materials and the overhead.

• Profit stands in dialectical opposition to "value in process" insofar as profit is removed from the circulation of capital and thus is not in process.

See also

• "Profit is theft"