In a sense the budget deficit can be considered as an artificial export surplus. - Michał Kalecki

Thus, even with relatively heavy damping such shocks generate fairly regular cycles.
The result is of considerable importance.

The most important prerequisite for becoming an entrepreneur is the ownership of capital.

The capitalists of a country which manages to capture foreign markets from other countries are able to increase their profits at the expense of the capitalists of the other countries. Similarly, a colonial metropolis may achieve an export surplus through investment in its dependencies.