资本、生产要素与价值创造

Capital, Production Factors and Value Creation

西方经济学把资本等同于生产资料 ,进而等同于生产要素 ,从而把创造商品使用价值的生产要素当成了创造价值的要素 ,为资本获取利润提供理论依据。在马克思的思想体系中 ,资本不是生产要素 ,也不创造价值 ,而是反映商品经济的一种社会生产关系。资本收益的合理性在于其稀缺性和在组织。

In Western economics, capital is regarded as one of production inputs, a production factor, thus the production factor that produces use value of goods is taken as a value creation factor, which provides the theoretic basis for capital gains. But according to Marxist theory, as capital itself does not create value, it is not regarded as a production factor, but a reflection of social production relationship in market economy. The rational for capital gains lies in its scarcity and reduction of transaction costs relating to production organization and management.