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_aCope, Zak _9393958 |
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| 245 | _aThe wealth of (some) nations: imperialism and the mechanics of value transfer | ||
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_bPluto Press _c2019 _aLondon |
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_avii, 260 p. _bIncludes appendix, notes, illustrations, bibliography and index |
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| 504 | _aTable of Contents Part I: The Mechanics of Imperialism 1. Value Transfer 2. Colonial Tribute 3. Monopoly Rent 4. Unequal Exchange Part II: The Econometrics of Imperialism 5. Imperialism and Its Denial 6. Measuring Imperialist Value Transfer 7. Measuring Colonial Value Transfer 8. Comparing Value Transfer to Profits, Wages and Capital Part III: Foundations of the Labour Aristocracy 9. Anti-Imperialist Marxism and the Wages of Imperialism 10. The Metropolitan Labour Aristocracy 11. The Native Labour Aristocracy Part IV: Social Imperialism Past and Present 12. Social Imperialism before WWI 13. Social Imperialism after WWI 14. Social Imperialist Marxism Conclusion: Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism Today | ||
| 520 | _aIn this provocative new study, Zak Cope makes the case that capitalism is empirically inseparable from imperialism, historically and today. Using a rigourous political economic framework, he lays bare the vast ongoing transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richest countries through the mechanisms of monopoly rent, unequal exchange and colonial tribute. The result is a polarised international class structure with a relatively rich Global North and an impoverished, exploited Global South. Cope makes the controversial claim that it is because of these conditions that workers in rich countries benefit from higher incomes and welfare systems with public health, education, pensions and social security. As a result, the internationalism of populations in the Global North is weakened and transnational solidarity is compromised. The only way forward, Cope argues, is through a renewed anti-imperialist politics rooted in a firm commitment to a radical labour internationalism. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745338859/the-wealth-of-some-nations/ | ||
| 650 | _aLabor market -- Political aspects | ||
| 650 | _aImperialism -- Economic aspects | ||
| 650 | _aLabor & industrial relations | ||
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