A Marxist Political Economy Retort to the ‘After the Washington Consensus'

John Marangos

Review of Political Economy, 2023, vol. 35, issue 1, 231-262

Abstract: The dominance of the ‘After the Washington Consensus’ for international development is based on mainstream-neoclassical economics that has been imposed by Washington upon debt-stranded developing and developed countries. Against this tide, the purpose of this paper is to develop an alternative scheme and recommendations for international development, pulling from the Marxist political economy practice. Considering, Marxist political economy as a living tradition, the paper contributes to offering a Marxist political economy perspective to international development in the form of a retort to the ‘After the Washington Consensus’. ‘After the Washington Consensus’ represents an evolution from the Washington Consensus, due to the need for capital to adapt to new forms of exploitation. Students and scholars of international development would benefit from this worthwhile exercise that distinguishes in a succinctly and methodically manner between mainstream-neoclassical and Marxist political economy perspectives on international development. The paper concludes that in contradistinction, a Marxist political economy approach to international development that serves the interests of the working class does not have any commonalities with the ‘After the Washington Consensus’ that serves the interests of international capital.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/09538259.2021.1920716

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