[OPE-L:7914] Re: Re: unequal exchange and poverty in African countries

From: clyder@gn.apc.org
Date: Tue Nov 05 2002 - 10:08:02 EST


Quoting gerald_a_levy <gerald_a_levy@msn.com>:

> 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?
> 

This seems to be based on Amins old theory of unequal exchange
which when I read it in the 70s struck me as complete rubbish.


> 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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