Arghiri Emmanuel and Unequal Exchange: Past, Present, and Future Relevance

Torkil Lauesen

To paraphrase Mao Zedong: Where do ideas come from? Do they drop from the sky? No, they come from social practice, the struggle for production, the class struggle, and scientific work. There is a close link between what goes on in the world, the project of classes and states, and theoretical and political debates. This is Arghiri Emmanuel’s life story, of which his theory of unequal exchange is a prime example.

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