Re: an absolute must for all world systems researchers

Dear WSNers,
About the Rodas article on distribution, after reading it, it gave me the 
impression that his conclussions are quite opposed to most of those arrived 
to by many researchers, it seems intended to distract the attention from the 
subject, to relativise the issue on the grounds of several shortcomings 
still present in WB studies and in the state of the art. IMO there have been 
progresses in the tasks behind the measurement of  world income distribution 
as a global systemic analysis which seem to be ignored by Rodas. 
Unfortunatelly, several graphs and tables announced by his article does not 
appear inside the downloaded one.
My guess is that this issue is a real weak point for neoliberal globalizers, 
and they seem interested in devaluating it as a whole. In recent debates in 
the colombian peace process this topic was central, I saw the tv 
transmitions, and our neoliberal government experts made a very poor show, 
in comparison to representatives of guerrillas and independent researchers. 
Right-wing media criticized immediately those debates, and continued their 
policy of hiding them by using a tv-soccer blanket show (the new people’s 
opium).
If you look at posts bellow, you may read the last two posts to WSN about 
it, two months ago, and then judge better. There are also very interesting 
articles on the subject at the WB web place.
http://csf.colorado.edu/mail/wsn/2001/msg00892.html (Arno Tausch) 01 June 
2001 08:21 UTC
http://csf.colorado.edu/mail/wsn/2001/msg00906.html (Emilio Chaves) 05 June 
2001 05:45 UTC
Ok, no more, except my regards. Emilio

Emilio José Chaves
Address: Edif. Los Héroes Apto. 604
               Av.Panamericana, Pasto (N)
               Colombia, S.A.
Tel.      +(92)7222889
email:    chavesej@hotmail.com


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