Chapter 10: Capitalist Production and Profits 1. Is it possible for a firm's prot rate to rise while its total profits fall? Is it possible for a firm's profit rate to fall while its total profits rise? What changes in the determinants of the profit rate could lead to these results? 2. Consider the determinants of the rate of profit. There are a variety of strategies capitalists might employ to raise the rate of profit. Does using these strategies to increase r necessarily hurt workers? If not, which do and which don't 3. Distinguish between capitalist and commercial profits