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The locus of power in international economic relations is to be found in the intra-Western sphere, that is, in the relations between the rich Western nations themselves — the members of OECD. This claim can be illustrated in at least three ways.
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Trends in developing countries. The World Bank 1973. Table 5.4
United Nations, Multinational Corporations in World Development, New York 1973. Table 19.
“....l’accumulation du capital dans les mains de quelques individus est une des grandes découvertes de Marx.... cette thèse était une de celles qui couraient les rues avant que Marx eut jamais rien écrit et elle était devenue un dogme dans le monde socialiste à la fin du règne de Louis Philippe. Il yaquantité de thèses marxistes du même genre.” G. Sorel, Reflexions sur la violence. Paris 1946, p. 187. First edition in 1906.
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Ibidem.
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For example, see Harvard University, Program on Technology and Society 1964-1972, A Final Review, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1972.
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Adler-Karlsson, G. (1976). The West — The Locus of Power. In: The Political Economy of East-West-South Co-operation. Studien über Wirtschafts- und Systemvergleiche. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-37902-8_2
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