Must capitalism be racist?

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Fri Dec 31 09:14:58 PST 1999


In part, classical political economy was often non-racist, although there is practitioners were decidedly "racist," in the sense of that they spoke of the Irish in very degrading terms. Yet the same people often suggested that the Irish characteristics changed once they got to North America. The real race for the earlier economists was the working-class. For example, Adam Smith refers to "the race of labourers" in the Wealth of Nations. --

Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901



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