What exactly is "capital"? The G20 would like to know.

Electric Monk

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Sat Jun-26-10 09:11 PM
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What exactly is "capital"? The G20 would like to know.

Edited on Sat Jun-26-10 09:12 PM by Electric Monk

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65P1K020100626

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_(economics) for some examples of the debate.

I'd kinda like to know what it really means too...

How much do bits in cyberspace count?

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bluestateguy

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Sat Jun-26-10 09:16 PM
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1. "Capital" is an establishment word

That's why I try not to use it

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Kringle

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Sat Jun-26-10 09:32 PM
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2. 'capital', is a 'tax' word

changes in capital, are taxable

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OutNow

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Sun Jun-27-10 04:09 AM
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3. Capital is a book written by some 19th century German guy

I think it was Harpo's uncle but I'm not sure

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