David Fields — Imperialism in the 21st Century

With respect to to this post, readers might be interested in a long set of follow-up debates below. h/t Patrick Bond, whose contribution was just published here at Human Geography.

David Harvey Denies Imperialism

In a major critique of David Harvey’s work, the radical political economist John Smith takes on Harvey’s claim that the “East” is now exploiting the “West,” a statement, he argues, that is backed up by nothing more than his authority. Harvey could not be more wrong, or about a bigger issue. The root of Harvey’s error is his denial that the global shift of production to low-wage countries represents a major deepening of imperialist exploitation….

Short summaries of moments in an ongoing debate over neo-imperialism.

Radical Political Economy
Imperialism in the 21st Century
David Fields

Michel Hudson — Tollbooth Trump

Shamini Peries interviews Michael Hudson. Video and transcript.

Michel Hudson
Tollbooth Trump
Michael Hudson | President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Guest Professor at Peking University

Alex Tabarrok — The Return of Henry George?

The notion that property owners should pay extra for their proximity to the subway is called “value capture” and has long been debated in urban planning circles. Now Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, has made value capture a prominent part of his plan to salvage the subway system by proposing to give the Metropolitan Transportation Authority the power to designate “transit improvement subdistricts” and impose taxes.

Marginal Revolution
The Return of Henry George?
Alex Tabarrok | Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center and Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and a research fellow with the Mercatus Center