Re: Re: free trade CORRECTED YET AGAIN

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What is her critique of Sen?

On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 07:33:05PM -0800, Rakesh Bhandari wrote:
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> Utsa Patnaik in her E.M.S. Namboodiripad Memorial Lecture, which we
> publish as the lead article in the current number of Social
> Scientist, provides a powerful critique of Ricardo's proposition
> along altogether novel lines, namely that Ricardo's example itself
> was fraudulent: England was incapable of producing wine while
> Portugal was capable of producing both wine and cloth. His theory
> built upon a false premise serves as an apologetic for the colonial
> pattern of international division of labour which once again is being
> sought to be imposed on the Third World today. So pathetic however is
> the state of our intellectual life, so steeped in a comprador ethos,
> that these imperialist theoretical constructs are uncritically
> accepted by us and figure freely in our own discussions.
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> http://www.macroscan.com/analysis/Costs%20of%20Free%20Trade%20-%20U.%20Patnaik.htm
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>   Patnaik, once a student of Amartya Sen and now his critic, refers to
> some of her own research on Sub Saharan Africa.
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