[OPE-L:7903] Re: unequal exchange and poverty in African countries

From: gerald_a_levy (gerald_a_levy@msn.com)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 17:51:54 EST


Re Paul C's [7898]:

> > http://global.so36.net/en/2002/09/386.shtml
> This basically says that the price of primary products from
> Africa has declined relative to other commodities. 
> That hardly establishes the existence of unequal exchange.

Good point.   What is required to empirically demonstrate
the existence of unequal exchange?

Does the following, from Gernot Kohler,  meet or fail that test?
http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/archive/papers/kohler/kohler3.htm

In solidarity, Jerry


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