David Fields — Imperialism Inwards The 21St Century

With honour to to this post, readers mightiness survive interested inwards a long railroad train of follow-up debates below. h/t Patrick Bond, whose contribution was simply published hither at Human Geography.

David Harvey Denies Imperialism

In a major critique of David Harvey’s work, the radical political economist John Smith takes on Harvey’s claim that the “East” is right away exploiting the “West,” a statement, he argues, that is backed upwards past times zero to a greater extent than than his authority. Harvey could non survive to a greater extent than wrong, or close a bigger issue. The rootage of Harvey’s fault is his denial that the global shift of production to low-wage countries represents a major deepening of imperialist exploitation….

Short summaries of moments inwards an ongoing debate over neo-imperialism.

Radical Political Economy
Imperialism inwards the 21st Century
David Fields