TY - GEN AU - Cope,Zak TI - The wealth of (some) nations: imperialism and the mechanics of value transfer SN - 9780745338859 U1 - 331.12 PY - 2019/// CY - London : PB - Pluto Press, KW - Labor market -- KW - Political aspects KW - Imperialism -- KW - Economic aspects N1 - List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1 The mechanics of imperialism : Value transfer -- Colonial tribute -- Monopoly rent -- Unequal exchange. Part 2 The econometrics of imperialism : Imperialism and its denial -- Measuring imperialist value transfer -- MEasuring colonial value transfer -- Comparing value transfer to profits, wages and capital. Part 3 Foundations of the labour aristocracy : Anti-imperialist Marxism and the wages of imperialism -- The metropolitan labour aristocracy -- The native labour aristocracy. Part 4 Social imperialism past and present : Social imperialism before the First World War -- Social imperialism after the First World War -- Social-imperialist Marxism -- Conclusion: imperialism and anti-imperialism today. Appendix: physical quality of life in capitalist and socialist countries -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index ER -