▁and ▁market ▁demand ▁dep ended ▁on ▁capital ▁accum ulation ▁occurr ing . ▁If ▁prof its ▁were ▁not ▁made , ▁production ▁would ▁stop ▁sooner ▁or ▁later . ▁A ▁capital ist ▁economy ▁was ▁therefore ▁in ▁" equ ilib rium " ▁so ▁long ▁as ▁it ▁could ▁reproduce ▁its ▁social ▁relations ▁of ▁production , ▁perm itting ▁profit - making ▁and ▁capital ▁accum ulation ▁to ▁occur , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁compatible ▁with ▁all ▁sorts ▁of ▁market ▁fl uct u ations ▁and ▁dis equ ilib ria . ▁So ▁long ▁as ▁workers ▁were ▁" back ▁to ▁work " ▁each ▁working ▁day , ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁assets ▁and ▁creating ▁new ▁value , ▁it ▁was ▁" bus iness ▁as ▁usual ". ▁Only ▁when ▁short ages ▁or ▁o vers upp ly ▁began ▁to ▁threaten ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁the ▁relations ▁of ▁production ▁themselves , ▁and ▁block ▁the ▁accum ulation ▁of ▁capital ▁in ▁critical ▁areas ▁( for ▁example , ▁an ▁economic ▁de pression , ▁a ▁political ▁revol t ▁against ▁capital ist ▁property ▁or ▁against ▁mass ▁un emp loyment ), ▁a ▁genu ine ▁" d ise qu ilib rium " ▁occurred ; ▁all ▁the ▁rest ▁was ▁just ▁ordinary ▁market ▁fl uct u ations . ▁ ▁Real ▁social ▁needs ▁and ▁their ▁mon et ary ▁expression ▁through ▁market ▁demand ▁might ▁be ▁two ▁very ▁different ▁things . ▁A ▁demand ▁might ▁exist ▁without ▁any ▁bu ying ▁power , ▁and ▁it ▁might ▁be ▁that ▁more ▁could ▁techn ically ▁be ▁supplied , ▁but ▁isn ' t ▁( see ▁Cap acity ▁util ization ). ▁Econom ic ▁equilibrium ▁was ▁not ▁created ▁by