Subject: AUT: CAPITAL EXPORT
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:22:11 +0000


hi ALL

I wounder if anybody on this list have some opinion on 1) the concept of 
capital export, if this essential, leninist or not, and 2) to what extent it 
is true to speak of marginalisation of developing countries in the world 
economy.

I'm engaged in a discussion here in Norway with som leftists, some of them 
leninist-trots, about imperialism versus empire.I am critical of Lenins 
concept of imperialism. But I think that an analysis of capital export is 
essential here, and I have published an article in norwegian, which analyse 
this. I argue for a strong increase in capital export the last 20, and 
especially the last 10, years.

In the discussion here I have made some critical comments on to use FDI as a 
measure of capital export-which I think is mostly a measure of takeovers or 
fusions and less of new real investments. Is real investment the right 
concept of capital export (if we can use Lenins concept).

In solidarity
Martin


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