The dynamics of international exploitation

2024/03/06 by Jonathan F. Cogliano, Roberto Veneziani, Naoki Yoshihara · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Asian Industrial and Economic Development #Global trade and economics #Indian Economic and Social Development

paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/0308518x231224618

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Abstract

This paper develops a framework to analyse imperialistic international relations (IIR) and the dynamics of international exploitation. A new exploitation index is proposed which captures the territorial structure of IIR: wealthy nations are net lenders and exploiters, whereas endowment-poor countries are net borrowers and exploited. Capital flows transfer surplus from countries in the periphery of the global economy to those in the core. However, while international credit markets and wealth inequalities are central in generating international exploitation, other factors, including labour-saving innovations, are shown to be essential in explaining its persistence.

Citations

• The Dynamics of Exploitation and Class in Accumulation Economies
• A NOTE ON THE FORMAL TREATMENT OF EXPLOITATION IN A MODEL WITH HETEROGENOUS LABOR
• The Next Generation of the Penn World Table
• Exploitation, skills, and inequality
• Beyond the Stereotype: Restating the Relevance of the Dependency Research Programme
• Imperialist appropriation in the world economy: Drain from the global South through unequal exchange, 1990–2015

Discussions

• to characterize unequal exchange (or imperialistic international relations) between countries, as in a recent paper in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space: doi.org/10.1177/0308.... (3/n) [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]