1 Earnings as a measure of economic profit in the theories of economics and finance and accounting

DOI: 10.4324/9781003280088-2

1.1 Capital and profit in economic theory

The subject explored by the science of finance is the phenomena and processes associated with the generation and allocation of money that make it possible for the public and private sectors to operate. This science explains the economic and social content of public funds and tries to grasp the causal relationships occurring between the accumulation of public money and the existing economic, social, and political processes.

When it comes to the field of economic sciences, finance has been experiencing a highly dynamic development over the past years, which has resulted in finance ...

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