Re: correction Re: Global inequality

You explain 2c&d by 2a&b. Two questions:

- can you clarify your term of "passivity" under 2b?
- is the fall of communism not factored anywhere?

Petros Haritatos

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From: Richard K. Moore <richard@cyberjournal.org>
To: Jason W. Moore <jasonwmoore@earthlink.net>
Cc: WSN <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Date: Κυριακή, 26 Νοεμβρίου 2000 4:58 μμ
Subject: correction Re: Global inequality

>
>My previous formulation was a bit sloppy. Permit me to refine.
>
>1) After 1945, there was a major reorganization in the core.
>    a) The imperialist relation with the periphery was
>       consolidated into a non-competitive, collective regime.
>    b) An agenda of intenstive 'development' in the periphery
>       was adopted so as to provide postwar capital-growth
>       opportunities.
>    c) A Keynsian social-welfare policy was adopted in the core,
>       bringing in core middle classes as co-beneficiaries in the
>       postwar imperialist undertaking.
>
>2) After 1970, there was a second reorganization.
>    a) Japanese competition, under cover of pax americana, was
>       rendering core producers non-competitive.
>    b) Keynsian policies were failing to deliver core population
>       passivity.
>    c) Core elites decided to drop Keynsianism and revert to
>       laissez-faire, abrogating the co-beneficiary relationship
>       with core populations.
>    d) The neoliberal, globalization, centralized global regime
>       project was launched.