Political Economy of Crony Inequality among Nations: A Study on Capitalism and Socialism
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Jun 2, 2017
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Abstract
All over the world, the economy system of states revolve around capitalism, socialism and mixed economy. In most cases, capitalism had embalmed the economy of nations turning governments against the people, employers against the workers all in the name of surplus values and profiteering motives. Although capitalism had made economies of nations to grow but it is at the expense of the masses interest. The review of most government policies reveals a shift to accommodate inequalities in the economy systems. This research reveals the level of inequality in economic system of nations. What are the impacts of these profiteering motives on the economy? The methodology adopted is the survey analysis of institutional database of economy records of different regions in the world. The theoretical frameworks of deprivation theory coupled with Marxian theory were used to analyse the political economy of crony inequality of capitalism and socialism among nations. The conclusion is based on the level of positive impact the economy system has despite the inequality it creates in the polity.
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Leguil-Bayart, J. F., Ellis, S., & Hibou, B. (1999). The criminalization of the state in Africa . Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Lerner, W. (1994). A history of socialism and communism in modern times: theorists, activists, and humanists. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Li, H. (2015). Democratic Socialism. In Political Thought and China’s Transformation (pp. 60-78). Palgrave Macmillan, UK.
Lin, J. Y. (2015). The Washington Consensus revisited: A new structural economics perspective. Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 18(2), 96-113.
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Newman, M. (2005). Socialism. N.P.: John Wiley & Sons.
Obuoforibo, G. (2010). Between nationalism and globalization: A critical analysis of Africa’s Dilemma. Political Science Review, 5(1).
Peet, R. (2015). Global Capitalism and the Crisis of HumanityBy William I. Robinson New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Economic Geography, 91(4), 513-514.
Rivkin, N. D. (2015). Socialism in Early 20th Century American Literature. Washington: Lee University.
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Smith, R. (2015). Ending poverty in Mongolia: From socialism to social development. International Journal of Social Welfare, 24(2), 159-169.
Taylor, M. (2015). The Unchanging Core of Brazilian State Capitalism, 1985-2015. School of International Service Research Paper, 2015(8), 33.
Tougas, F., & Beaton, A. (2002). Personal and Group Relative Deprivation: Connecting the ‘I’ to the ‘We’. In Walker, I., & Smith, H. (Eds.), Relative Deprivation: Specification Development and Integration. Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom.
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Walks, A. (2016). A review of Debt to Society: Accounting for Life under Capitalism by Miranda Joseph. Journal Economic Geography, 92(1), 115-117.
Weingast, B. R. (2016). Capitalism, Democracy, and Countermajoritarian Institutions. Supreme Court Economic Review, 23(1), 255-277.
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Keywords
Capitalism, Crony Inequality, Marxism, Socialism, Relative Deprivation, Political Economy
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Research Articles
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How to Cite
IDOWU, Aluko Opeyemi.
Political Economy of Crony Inequality among Nations: A Study on Capitalism and Socialism.
Journal of Community Development Research (Humanities and Social Sciences), [S.l.], v. 10, n. 2, p. 25-36, june 2017.
ISSN 2985-0231.
Available at: <https://www.journal.nu.ac.th/JCDR/article/view/1817>. Date accessed: 26 apr. 2024.