| ID | 139441 |
| Title Proper | From the claw to the lion |
| Other Title Information | a critical look at capitalist globalization |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hart-Landsberg, Martin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article argues that capitalist globalization is largely responsible for creating or intensifying many of our most serious economic and social problems. It first describes the forces that drove core country transnational corporations to create a complex system of cross-border production networks. It then maps the resulting new international division of labor, in which Asian countries, especially China, import primary commodities from Latin American and sub-Saharan African countries to produce exports for core countries, especially the United States. In core countries, globalization has led to the destruction of higher paying jobs, financialization of economic activity, and stagnation. While the new international division of labor has boosted third world rates of growth, especially in Asia, it has also left the third world with unbalanced and inequitable economies. Moreover, contradictions in the globalization process point to the spread of core country stagnation to the third world. Capitalist globalization has increased third world dependence on core country consumption while simultaneously undermining core country purchasing power. The article ends by discussing a process and program of transformation that highlights the feasibility of an alternative to global capitalism as well as the organizational capacities and institutional arrangements that must be developed if we are to realize it. |
| `In' analytical Note | Critical Asian Studies Vol. 47, No.1; Mar 2015: p.1-23 |
| Journal Source | Critical Asian Studies 2015-03 47, 1 |
| Key Words | Globalization ; Transnational Corporations ; Global Value Chains ; Economic Stagnation ; Production Networks ; Alternative Economic Strategies |