The Market’s Place

The dominant theme in the description of the rural Third World at the close of the twentieth century remains the story of its capitalist transformation. The theme is exemplified in rural Egypt, where the reform and removal of state controls through the program known as structural adjustment is inten...

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Published inDirections of Change in Rural Egypt p. 3
Main Author TIMOTHY MITCHELL
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published The American University in Cairo Press 01.04.2001
Subjects
Aggregate economy
Agrarian reform
Agricultural economics
Agricultural land use
Agricultural policy
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Agronomy
Applied sciences
Baked goods
Biological sciences
Breads
Business
Business operations
Capitalism
Cereal grains
Commerce
Crop economics
Crop production
Crops
Economic disciplines
Economic theory
Economics
Farm economics
Farming
Field crops
Food
Food crops
Food science
Foodstuffs
Grains
Macroeconomics
Market prices
Prices
Pricing
Sugar cane
Sugar crops
Supply
Supply and demand
Wheat
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Summary:The dominant theme in the description of the rural Third World at the close of the twentieth century remains the story of its capitalist transformation. The theme is exemplified in rural Egypt, where the reform and removal of state controls through the program known as structural adjustment is intended to turn the land and its produce into market commodities and remake the countryside for the twenty-first century as a fully capitalist economy. There are several ways to critique this story of capitalism’s advance. In the case of Egypt one can question how seriously some of the market reforms have been
ISBN:9774246632
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