Monopolies and underdevelopment : from colonial past to global reality

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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 THE `MARCH OF ACCEPTANCE': ECONOMIC POWER IN THE HISTORY OF IDEAS1.The philosophical view -- 1.The unitary philosophers: Kant and Hegel -- 2.Modern philosophy: Split between ethics and analysis of reality -- 3.Critical perspectives -- 2.The economic view -- 1.The march of pragmatism -- 2.The Schumpeterian synthesis -- 3.Critical perspectives -- 3.The legal view -- 1.From legal rationalism to positivism -- 2.Positivism and economic power -- 3.Critical perspectives -- pt. 2 MONOPOLIES AND THE HISTORY OF CAPITALISM -- 4.Colonial monopoly and underdevelopment -- 1.Economic power (and, hence, monopoly) as a structural determinant of the economies of underdeveloped countries -- 2.Monopolies and commercial interests of metropoles -- 3.Structuring of monopolies and the domestic markets of the colonies -- 4.Social structure resulting in colonies -- 5.Industrialization and continuity of monopolistic structures

Note continued: 1.Industrialization and continuity of the colonial economic model in Latin America2.Recolonization and decolonization of Asia -- 3.Social structures: Comparison -- 6.Internationalization of economic relations and the internationalization of monopolies -- 1.Internationalization of economic relations and its effects -- 2.The triple drain in its contemporary version -- a global phenomenon -- 3.The operation of the financial system and the new drains on the global markets -- 4.Social structures: Poverty and the environment -- a global problem -- pt. 3 CONCLUSION: THE END OR BEGINNING OF HISTORY?.

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