circulation time, n.Definitions

Circulation time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the negative limit of production: while capital is being bought and sold it makes nothing, so the closer circulation time comes to zero, the more capital works.

Circulation time (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a brake that political economy mistakes for an engine: because longer circulation gets compensated in price, it looks like a mystical source of profit independent of labour.