Why does it have to be either or. Why is it necessary to either external loot or domestic exploitation causes development?
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 07:02:23PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > But the writings of Marx and Engels are shot through with > formulations that go against the grain of the Brenner thesis. Here's another: > > "The discovery of America, the rounding of the Cape, opened up fresh > ground for the rising bourgeoisie. The East-Indian and Chinese > markets, the colonisation of America, trade with the colonies, the > increase in the means of exchange and in commodities generally, gave > to commerce, to navigation, to industry, an impulse never before > known, and thereby, to the revolutionary element in the tottering > feudal society, a rapid development." > > --Communist Manifesto > > I guess that Marx and Engels were disoriented from reading Henri > Pirenne or something. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
