These facts are well-kept secrets of economists. The first rule of economics is: don't reveal the secrets. I'm going to take a big risk and reveal thse secrets. Don't tell anyone else!
- for a business, capitalists are a cost,
- "excess" profits go to the entrepreneurs who created the business,
- competition eliminates these entrepreneurial profits over time, and
- the primary beneficiary of capital investment are workers.
Historically, capitalists have only gotten about a 5% yearly return on their money.
