investments and economic growth can be represented as a number of interrelated
transformations taking place with the initially advanced capital. In the case of productive
investments (which are the source of industrial growth), this capital, both in real and monetary
form, is an investment in investment goods, primarily in the means of production necessary in
the process of production.
The tradition of the approach, as shown above, is to consider investment in the means
of production through investment in fixed assets - construction of buildings and structures,
purchase of machinery and equipment. However, efficient functioning of fixed capital requires
investment not only in inventories, but also in intangible assets. Besides, the production process
is impossible without labor force and intellectual potential. At the same time, a highly skilled
labor force is distinguished by the creation of a higher value per unit of time as compared to a
low-skilled one. This leads to high efficiency of investments in human capital in terms of
income generation and economic growth, in other words, human capital is a specific type of
investment commodity (Bashmachnikova and Abramova, 2012).
In the process of production, labor creates additional value, which in the process of sale
of the created goods provides new income, exceeding the initially advanced capital. Within the
framework of the theory of extended reproduction, the income received is divided into three
components: the compensation fund, the compensation fund of employees' labor (including
deductions for social insurance) and surplus value (income and capital). At the same time,
capitalized surplus value is redirected to production in accordance with the organic structure of
capital, and also serves as the basis for its accumulation and expansion of production. Thus, this
capitalized value represents new investments in production. The compensation fund, which is
a depreciation charge, also provides capital accumulation, as it is aimed at compensating the
capital consumed and can be used for new investments (reinvestment). To ensure economic
growth, reinvestment should be carried out not only in additional means of production, but also
to compensate for depreciation and modernization of fixed capital, growth of production and
material reserves and wages fund, acquisition of additional and new elements of intangible
assets, improvement of management and acquisition of new knowledge (Erohina and
Korchagin, 2012). All these areas of investment in the aggregate provide a stock of economic
strength, and in fact, contribute to the accumulation of capital to ensure enhanced reproduction.
But it is the majority of these investments that become impossible without the existence
of financial investments. Besides, financial investments are attractive due to their liquidity and
the possibility of earning a profit comparable to that of a bank deposit. This fact contributes to
the transformation of unorganized savings into organized ones, which subsequently form a part
of the money supply that is in active circulation and performs the functions of a means of
circulation and payment. This leads to an increase in the money supply and money supply, and,
at the same time, to a decrease in the cost of borrowing for the economy.
Revista de Investigación Apuntes Universitarios
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