Wealth of Some Nations - Imperialism and the Mechanics of Value Transfer Cope ZakPaperback
Wealth of Some Nations - Imperialism and the Mechanics of Value Transfer Cope ZakPaperback In this provocative new study, Zak Cope makes the case that capitalism is empirically inseparable from…
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Wealth of Some Nations - Imperialism and the Mechanics of Value Transfer Cope ZakPaperback
In this provocative new study, Zak Cope makes the case that capitalism is empirically inseparable from imperialism, historically and today. The result is a polarised international class structure with a relatively rich Global North and an impoverished, exploited Global South. 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.
As a result, the internationalism of populations in the Global North is weakened and transnational solidarity is compromised. 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. The only way forward, Cope argues, is through a renewed