GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Class Conflict, Samir Amin
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Quasi-imperial eras because exerting so much control over third world. Elites in periphery shared a lot in common with elites in the core, so on. Regular people in wealthy countries did not see interests align with people in. Global alliance of elites but quite the opposite of regular people. Global framework for why thigns were going wrong in africa. Global dependence international basis very much the same. First world capitalists production needs resources, colonies provide. The third world: constructed as having a natural advantage" in ore, tropical agricultural products, so provide this to global leadership. Third world production financed by first world capital: wages low there this stimulates profits. Surplus transfer: third to first world (power), bulk of profits moving from third world countries to the first world countries, thereby extracting economic wealth. Distorted third world economy in african countries. Cheap locally produced necessities because people weren"t making enough money to buy other things.
