Western wealth depends on the active construction of global underdevelopment

Evidence

As critical scholars Andre Gunder Frank and Samir Amin argue, Western development does not emerge independently from the rest of the world. On the contrary, development results from the active creation of underdevelopment. Simply, there would be no wealth in the US and Europe without the construction of poverty in the rest of the world. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 293

Categorization

• XREF: Directly supports Mattei’s ‘invisible order’ thesis: wealth inequality is manufactured, not natural. — connects to: Third World industrialization and capital flows barely grew despite globalization rhetoric — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 511; Third World countries depend on East or West for primitive capital accumulation — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2602; Western wealth was built by actively creating underdevelopment elsewhere — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 293 (+4 more)