Saad-Filho draws on Marx to make clear that there are three distinct compositions of capital: Technical (TCC); Value (VCC); and Organic (OCC). He demonstrates that the distinction between them can be traced back to the relations between the spheres of production and circulation, and argues that it is central for an analysis of capital accumulation and technical change based on the labour theory of value.
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