Capitalists maintain and increase their wealth by using the M-C-M cycle. M-C-M stands for money/ Commodities/ More money. the way capitalist use the cycle isn’t as straight forward. The M stands for the amount of money a capitalist starts out with. The C stands for commodities, capitalist use the money yo produce a product that has value in the market. The last M stands for more money, after a capitalist produces a product or service, they resell it for more money than the original amount they spent. More money includes both the original amount they started out with and the surplus value that was made during the production.