Re: Re: Global unequal exchange

[miychi <miyachi9@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2002.06.06 09:49 PM, "Louis Proyect" <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Burford:
>> But I wanted to ask whether others agree with the statement above. It
>> appears self evident if there is mobility of information and transport of
>> commodities across a market. But in a deeper marxist sense is it consistent
>> with the law of value?
>
> Of course it is consistent with the law of value. How can it not be? The EU
> is an economic partnership of the imperialist nations of Europe. It simply
> deepens a process begun with the Common Market. Having a common currency
> and relaxing protectionist measures means that imports and exports can
> accelerate. However, the notion that the EU is benefiting all classes of
> society is an obvious lie--no doubt a function of the neoliberal mindset of
> the article's author. For instance, Spain's GDP is supposed to expand by
> 2.4 per cent this year but inflation and unemployment are also on the rise,
> according to today's FT. However, this is "not enough to keep Rodrigo Rato,
> economy minister, awake at night."
>
> Meanwhile, yesterday's NY Times reported that Polish farmers are leery of
> the EU.
>
>>> A Polish farmer's life is not easy these days, Edward Zawadzki said as he
> walked through the cattle barn his father built, long vacant because of low
> milk prices.
>
> Dogs barked. Cut hay dried. The sun was setting, and Mr. Zawadzki, 54, who
> says his farm barely breaks even, considered his prospects. "How much worse
> can it get?" he asked. "Even worse!" -- if Poland joins the very club that
> is supposed to propel former Communist countries out of poverty: the
> European Union. Cheap crops from rich members will flood in, he said,
> pushing out small-time farmers like himself.
>
> "When the borders fall," Mr. Zawadzki said, "Germans will come, buy the
> land and we will become farmhands. If the union comes, this is what will
> happen."<<
>
>> And most importantly, can it be applied on a world scale?
>
> I believe this is what they call "globalization". I call it imperialism and
> to hell with it.
>
>> Are the most competitive parts of the world market those with the highest
>> concentration of capital and therefore the most advanced means of
>> production? Do they set the bench mark for the value of all commodities?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Does that mean that all other areas using less advanced means of
>> production are trading unequally and there will be an unequal exchange of
>> value on a massive global scale, inherent in the very fabric of the
>> international market, which is self perpetuating and indeed accelerating.
>
> Yes.
>
> Louis Proyect
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>
There is not unequal exchange( Frank etc)
There is creditifying commodity.