The Unequal Exchange Podcast

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We are partnering with the Arghiri Emmanuel Association, a foundation dedicated to the legacy of theorist and activist Arghiri Emmanuel, to create the Unequal Exchange podcast, dedicated to popularizing political economy. We will preserve our archive of interviews with actors across the Global South with a new database of discussions on Unequal Exchange, dependency theory, and analysis of imperialism. To follow us on twitter: @ArghiriEmmanuel, or @antiimpnet Website: www.unequalexchange.org Patreon: patreon.com/ArghiriEmmanuelAssociation Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unequalexchange/support

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This is how the Global South can defend against Unfair Trade (Taxes on Exports as a Mechanism of Defense for the Underdeveloped Countries, Arghiri Emmanuel)

Feb 09 2024 17 mins  
The Global South countries face extremely unfair trade when engaging with the Global North, because the West charges high prices for their products and the rest of the world is left with low remuneration due to their low wages. This creates an unequal exchange and low terms of trade for the Global South. This situation has attempted to be reversed by many proposals from the Non-Ali

Arghiri Emmanuel's Preface to "Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism", by the Manifest-Communist Working Group of Denmark (Manifest–Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe), 1986

Feb 06 2024 9 mins  
Here, we offer an audio reading of Arghiri Emmanuel's Preface to "Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism", by the Manifest-Communist Working Group of Denmark (Manifest–Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe) from 1986. Emmanuel discusses his perspective on the prospects of a proletarian revolution in the age of the labor aristocracy. To find a digital version of this

What Should Communists In the Imperialist Countries Do? - From "Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism" by the Manifest-Communist Working Group (Manifest–Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe), 1986

Feb 06 2024 8 mins  
Here's an audio version of the text, "What Should Communists In the Imperialist Countries Do?", written by the Manifest–Kommunistisk Arbejdsgruppe (Manifest Communist Working Group of Denmark), with the English translation published in 1986. To find a digital version of this text from "Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism", visit here: https://

Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism Chapter 5

Feb 06 2024 90 mins  
Originally published by our friends at Negation Liberation Front here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZajc6Y0TRxpdOvjcIqRKbyaUVPl38zNL&si=7KkCkakl_AsBFJHG https://anti-imperialist.net/blog/2019/11/13/unequal-exchange-and-the-prospects-of-socialism/In November 1969, Le Monde, France’s leading newspaper, published an exchange between Arghiri Emmanuel and Charles Bettelhei

Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism Chapter 4

Feb 06 2024 51 mins  
Originally published by our friends at Negation Liberation Front here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZajc6Y0TRxpdOvjcIqRKbyaUVPl38zNL&si=7KkCkakl_AsBFJHG https://anti-imperialist.net/blog/2019/11/13/unequal-exchange-and-the-prospects-of-socialism/In November 1969, Le Monde, France’s leading newspaper, published an exchange between Arghiri Emmanuel and Charles Bettelhei

Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism Chapter 3

Feb 06 2024 73 mins  
Originally published by our friends at Negation Liberation Front here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZajc6Y0TRxpdOvjcIqRKbyaUVPl38zNL&si=7KkCkakl_AsBFJHG anti-imperialist(dot)net/2019/11/13/unequal-exchange-and-the-prospects-of-socialism/In November 1969, Le Monde, France’s leading newspaper, published an exchange between Arghiri Emmanuel and Charles Bettelheim, in whi

Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism by Communist Working Group, Chapter 2

Feb 06 2024 40 mins  
Originally published by our friends at Negation Liberation Front here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZajc6Y0TRxpdOvjcIqRKbyaUVPl38zNL&si=7KkCkakl_AsBFJHG anti-imperialist(dot)net/2019/11/13/unequal-exchange-and-the-prospects-of-socialism/In November 1969, Le Monde, France’s leading newspaper, published an exchange between Arghiri Emmanuel and Charles Bettelheim, in whi

Unequal Exchange and the Prospects of Socialism by Communist Working Group, Chapter 1

Feb 06 2024 20 mins  
Originally published by our friends at Negation Liberation Front here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZajc6Y0TRxpdOvjcIqRKbyaUVPl38zNL&si=7KkCkakl_AsBFJHG https://anti-imperialist.net/blog/2019/11/13/unequal-exchange-and-the-prospects-of-socialism/ In November 1969, Le Monde, France’s leading newspaper, published an exchange between Arghiri Emmanuel and Charles Bettelhe

The Political Economy of the Coup in Niger: Uranium, Military Bases, and Corruption

Jan 26 2024 91 mins  
We interview Tommy Miles (@tommymiles) on his research on Niger, particularly focusing on corruption and the political status quo in Niger, access to resources such as uranium by Western powers, and the heavy Western military presence in the country in the form of bases. You can read more on Tommy's website here: http://www.tomathon.com/mphp/category/world/afrique/niger/ https:

The Political Economy of Unequal Exchange #3: Can a High Profit Rate Make up for Unequal Exchange?

Jan 14 2024 26 mins  
The short answer: no. Emmanuel offers a proof to demonstrate that low waged countries would need to have an inversely proportional rate of profit to mitigate the difference in prices caused by high wages in another country. This is highly unrealistic, as all evidence prior shows that the formation of an average rate of profit occurs rather than an average rate of wages. (to read mo