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Modelli di organizzazione economica e conflitti militari. Note in margine a La guerra capitalista (Models of economic organizations and military conflicts. Reflections on La guerra capitalista)

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  • Salvatore D'Acunto

    (Universita' della Campania "L. Vanvitelli")

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Nel volume La guerra capitalista, gli autori Brancaccio, Giammetti e Lucarelli (2022) sostengono che alle radici delle recenti tensioni internazionali vi siano gli imponenti processi di centralizzazione dei capitali che hanno caratterizzato l'ultimo trentennio, e la sempre piu' marcata tendenza del fenomeno a travalicare i confini degli schieramenti geo-politici. I paesi usciti vincitori dalla competizione sui mercati globali (in particolare Cina, paesi arabi e Russia) starebbero usando i saldi attivi in dollari accumulati negli anni scorsi per 'scalare' la proprieta' dei capitali americani, e il governo degli Stati Uniti starebbe reagendo a questa minaccia con variegate restrizioni all'ingresso dei capitali stranieri nella proprieta' dell'industria nazionale e con misure protezionistiche di politica commerciale. Secondo il punto di vista degli autori, questo conflitto economico starebbe generando una spirale di ritorsioni a catena, moltiplicando in tal modo il rischio di veri e propri conflitti militari. Questo modello interpretativo viene messo a confronto con le principali interpretazioni concorrenti circa il ruolo degli interessi materiali nella genesi dei conflitti militari, e si discutono alcune interessanti implicazioni dell'analisi rispetto al problema del design delle istituzioni di regolazione delle relazioni economiche internazionali. In the volume La guerra capitalista by Brancaccio, Giammetti and Lucarelli (2022), the authors argue that the roots of recent international tensions lie in the massive process of centralization of capitals that has characterized the last thirty years, and in the increasingly marked tendency of the phenomenon to go beyond the boundaries of geo-political alignments. Countries winning the global competition (in particular China, Arab countries and Russia) are trying to use their credit balances in dollars to take over US companies, and the US government is reacting to this threat with various restrictions on the entry of foreign capital into domestic industry ownership, and with protectionist trade policies ownership. According to the authors' view, this economic conflict has triggered a spiral of chain retaliation, thus multiplying the risk of military conflict. We compare this explanatory model with the main competing theories about the role of material interests in the genesis of military conflicts, and discuss some interesting implications of Brancaccio, Giammetti and Lucarelli's analysis on the design of institutions regulating international economic relations.

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  • Salvatore D'Acunto, 2023. "Modelli di organizzazione economica e conflitti militari. Note in margine a La guerra capitalista (Models of economic organizations and military conflicts. Reflections on La guerra capitalista)," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 76(302), pages 155-168.
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    Keywords

    centralization; foreign debt; protectionism; war; international money;
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    JEL classification:

    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
    • F51 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
    • F52 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - National Security; Economic Nationalism

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