simple reproduction, n.All

Simple reproduction (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠oriented by nature toward consumption: however hard the capitalist squeezes out surplus-value, here he can do nothing with it but eat it.

Simple reproduction (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠incompatible with capitalist production from the start: with a growing population it would only mean more servants sharing the same surplus-value.

Simple reproduction (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where the main difficulties already lie, not accumulation — which is why both Adam Smith and, before him, Quesnay started there.