The Vast Majority: A Journey to the World's PoorMonograph criticising USA economic policies and foreign policies which ignore poverty and hunger in developing countries of the world - using examples of living conditions found in East Africa, India and Mexico, examines the present and historical role of USA in contributing to inequalities of resource allocation, foreign investment, income distribution and balance of trade, etc., and indicates the role of UN in helping to resolve the problems. Bibliography pp. 264 to 270. |
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Page 44
... advanced economies . Para- doxically , the growth of manufacture in the South of the globe in this fashion will , under multinational corporate auspices , be one more sign of that region's subjugation , not a portent of its eman ...
... advanced economies . Para- doxically , the growth of manufacture in the South of the globe in this fashion will , under multinational corporate auspices , be one more sign of that region's subjugation , not a portent of its eman ...
Page 132
... advanced economies . This is one more stunning refutation of the thesis that the structure of the world economy is determined by " natural " disadvantages . When it is profitable to do so , multinationals demonstrate that the people of ...
... advanced economies . This is one more stunning refutation of the thesis that the structure of the world economy is determined by " natural " disadvantages . When it is profitable to do so , multinationals demonstrate that the people of ...
Page 143
... advanced economies , yet about two thirds of the exports from the poor countries are produced under conditions of extremely high productivity . These low - wage and high - productivity sectors are another mechanism for the transfer of ...
... advanced economies , yet about two thirds of the exports from the poor countries are produced under conditions of extremely high productivity . These low - wage and high - productivity sectors are another mechanism for the transfer of ...
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The Cruel Innocence | 13 |
The Status Quo as Utopia | 34 |
India | 54 |
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