Tables 12.6 and 12.7 show the value and price rates of profit for the German information industries in the years 2001–2011.
The average value rate of profit in the German information industries for the years 2001–2011 is 3%, the average price profit rate 30%. This means that in terms of value calculated as average socially necessary labour-time, the surplus tends to be around 3% of investments, whereas in terms of monetary prices it is around 30%. This difference derives from the previously presented result that there is a tendency that information commodities are sold above their values. In the German information industry, particularly high profit rates have continuously been achieved in the first decade of the 21st century in advertising and market research as well as arts, entertainment, and recreation.
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