Despite countervailing tendencies, the various studies I've seen all show a similar trend for the US. A post-WW2 rise peaking around 67, an (uneven) drop through the double dip recession 1979-1983, an uptick (financed by the attack on wages--which actually peaked in 1973, but stagnated and fell after the defeat of the 1974 strike wave) that gains strength in the Clinton administration but never breaks the 1967 mark and begins to decline again, collapsing into the 2001-2003 recession and on and on with each "recovery" being progressively weaker.
Anyway the US Commerce Dept used to publish the Annual Survey of Manufacturers (discontinued in 2023 I think) which had all you needed the calculations by both the entire sector or particular industries which is probably why they stopped publishing. Still, the Quarterly Financial Report ( https://www.census.gov/econ/qfr/mmws/hist_publications.html ) has data on the profit on assets, per dollar of sales, and you can calculate it on net property plant and equipment if so inclined -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35156): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35156 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111057829/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
