Open Left

oh don't get me wrong

i agreed totally with your basic point - the idea that a dollar has equal value to someone who makes $5.80 an hour as someone who makes $580 an hour is idiotic.  i don't actually see how anyone could disagree with that.

neoliberalism is a complicated thing - i don't think you can understand it in a developing country context without combining it with something like world systems theory or dependency theory.  also, the specifics are very different from the media-related stories in some cases (e.g. the level of state involvement in india's 'post-liberalisation' economy would make most american policymakers scared).

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by: dr anonymous @ Tue Jan 26, 2010 at 22:05:48 PM CST