Re: Imperialism and poverty

Practically speaking I think there is (when we are discussing how to 
address the devastation capitalism creates for peoples' lives: we have 
only so much time and resources so we must decide how they are best used.

Paul

On 
Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Andrew Wayne Austin wrote:

> 
> Why must there be a conflict between pulling children from shallow ponds
> at the same time figuring out ways to keep them from falling into shallow
> ponds? Does Peter Singer really say it is one or the other?
> 
> Andrew Austin
> Knoxville, TN
> 
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Paul Gomberg wrote:
> 
> >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
> >
>