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Imperialism and poverty
by Paul Gomberg
07 July 2000 01:25 UTC
Dear Colleagues:
I just received from a mainstream philosophy journal a rejection letter
with an invitation to resubmit for a paper attacking Peter Singer's
argument that we have a duty to aid victims of global poverty parallel to
our duty to pull a drowning child from a shallow pond. I argue that the
analogy obscures the institutions and forces that *create* extreme
poverty.
The political payoff is a section at the end that suggests
causes of poverty that are usually ignored; this is the part of the paper
that was most forcefully rejected by the journal's referees. I would like
to strengthen that part of the paper. As currently written it cites ILO
figures and analysis of unemployment and underemployment, presents
Chossudovsky's analysis of the role of IMF SAPs in creating poverty, and
mention's Greider's One World as demonstrating the devastating effect of
markets on the lives of workers. I could also cite Sen on India and China
to argue for the effectiveness of revolutionary solutions.
I need help on sources that argue the effect of capitalist institutions
in creating poverty, particularly in the current period, particularly in
the "periphery." Thanks in advance,
Paul
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