>And taking the labor and time of the employees is a value extracted That counts the value twice though. The value of the labour is precisely the payroll and t

>And taking the labor and time of the employees is a value extracted That counts the value twice though. The value of the labour is precisely the payroll and the profits so it's accounted for. Edit: So simply put, Volvo (or any other co with a factory in the US) operates a business that generates a lot of payroll and some profits, and the payroll remains in the US.