Imperialism and the Development Myth: How Rich Countries Dominate in the Twenty-First Century

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China has moved from being one of the poorest societies to a level now similar with other relatively developed Third World societies like Mexico and Brazil. The dominant idea that it somehow threatens to catch up economically, or overtake the rich countries paves the way for imperialist military and economic aggression against China. Kings meticulous study punctures the rising-China myth. His empirical and theoretical analysis shows that, as long as the world economy continues to be run for private profit, it can no longer produce new imperialist powers. Rather it will continue to reproduce the monopoly of the same rich countries generation after generation. The giant social divide between rich and poor countries cannot be overcome.

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'Sam King offers an important intervention to critical/radical/Marxist literature on the political economy of (under)development in the Third World/Global South in the neoliberal era by critically and comprehensively engaging with the notion of imperialism.'
Gonenc Uysal, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Capital & Class (Volume 46, Issue 2)

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Sam King is a researcher in imperialism and world trade, and editor of red-ant.org