fixed capital

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The South’s “fixed capital” in enslaved people and land, he contends, was inferior to the “liquid capital” that powers modern economies.

From Washington Post

The report also estimated that private consumption and gross fixed capital formation will contract in the 2022-2023 period.

From Reuters

Since the transition would have to affect actually existing capitalism as the greatest totality of all, it might very well be painful, require large-scale destruction of fixed capital and induce serious losses for some.

From Salon

However, the latest official gross fixed capital investment figures are still down about 20% from when Lopez Obrador won election in July 2018.

From Reuters

This line of thinking dates back to the earliest days of economics; Adam Smith, for instance, famously suggested that the “fixed capital of society” includes “the talents and skill which certain members of the community have acquired by time and expense.”

From Slate