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The concept of equality, or its opposite inequality, implies a comparison, and a comparison must be based on the consideration of a population of cases. Therefore equality and inequality have different implications according to the definition of that population. This general observation applies in particular to rates of profit.
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Bliss, C. (1990). Equal rates of profit. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds) Capital Theory. The New Palgrave. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20861-6_10
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