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Compared with income (a flow) capital is a stock of wealth existing at any moment of time. An individual or businessman would include titles to wealth, but the economist concentrates on wealth which contributes to production, i.e. capital as a factor of production.
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© 1994 Jack Harvey
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Harvey, J. (1994). Capital and Interest. In: Economics Revision Guide. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13313-0_21
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