Unequal Exchange: A Study of the Imperialism of Trade (Updated Edition) by Emmanuel, Arghiri

Unequal Exchange: A Study of the Imperialism of Trade (Updated Edition)

How one nation can grow rich at the expense of another is one of the central problems...
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Unequal Exchange: A Study of the Imperialism of Trade (Updated Edition) by Emmanuel, Arghiri

Unequal Exchange: A Study of the Imperialism of Trade (Updated Edition)

$87.93

Unequal Exchange: A Study of the Imperialism of Trade (Updated Edition)

$87.93
Author: Arghiri Emmanuel
Format: Paperback
Language: English

How one nation can grow rich at the expense of another is one of the central problems of economics in the era of neo-colonialism. Traditional doctrine, resting on Ricardo's theory of comparative costs, which has dominated investigation of this issue for a century and a half, has proven itself incapable of providing an answer. Emmanuel's path-breaking study, now itself a classic, upends the conventional assumptions, subjecting the phenomena of international trade to critical scrutiny, both systematically and with logical rigor. It integrates the theory of international value (and unequal exchange) into the general theory of value as propounded by the classical economists and Marx.

Enmanuel's theory of unequal exchange generated a widespread world debate on its first appearance, part of which, emanating from French economist Charles Bettelheim, is included in this volume. It has remained the foundation of critical analysis of international exchange relations ever since, and has gained even more importance today in the age of global value chains.

Author: Arghiri Emmanuel
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 07/01/2025
Pages: 552
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.23d
ISBN: 9781685901424

About the Author
Arghiri Emmanuel (Author)
Arghiri Emmanuel was born in Patras, Greece, in 1911. He spent considerable time in the Belgian Congo in connection with a family textile firm. In 1942 he volunteered for the Greek Liberation Forces in the Middle East and was active in the April 1944 uprising against the Greek government-in-exile in Cairo. The uprising was crushed by British troops and Emmanuel was condemned to death by a Greek court-martial in Alexandria. He was granted amnesty at the end of 1945 and freed in March 1946. After the war, and after a period in which he again worked in the Congo, he settled in Paris where he studied socialist planning. He received his doctorate in sociology from the Sorbonne. He was director of economic studies at the University of Paris VII.

John Bellamy Foster (Introducer)
John Bellamy Foster is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of Monthly Review. He has written many books including The Robbery of Nature (with Brett Clark) and The Return of Nature, which won the Deutscher Memorial Prize.

Brett Clark (Introducer)
Brett Clark is a associate editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Utah. He is co-author (with John Bellamy Foster and Richard York) of Critique of Intelligent Design.


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