>On page 109 of his 1984 book "The Politics of the World-Economy", >Wallerstein comments on the 1973 oil-crisis: >"The result of course was not only > to reallocate distribution >of world surplus, >but to constrain >world production. >(It is for this reason that >political opposition to OPEC >in the core states has only been nominal.) >In a number of peripheral areas, >the world economic squeeze was >felt in the form of acute famines, >which cleared some rural zones of producers, >forcing many of the survivors >into a marginalized existence in urban areas. >(This involves also a reduction >in world agricultural production, >to the benefit of the mechanized agrobusiness of certain core areas.)" >Marcio R L Paiva >Brasilia, Brasil >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
