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Instead of changing capitalism for anything else, it is urgent to transform it
Luisa GONZÁLEZ
Thursday, December 05, 2002 7:14 PM
ººº Abstract: I don't consider convenient to change the capitalist system
for anything else. It is urgent, on the other hand, its transformation. The
current pattern, enlarges the differences among rich and poor inside the
countries and among the countries. A country in development cannot have a
democratic government and, at the same time, to fulfill the demands of the
international financial organisms. It is necessary also to modify the way of
running of these later. The market doesn't need to be free, it needs to be
fair, and later, perhaps, free. We should avoid to fall in the same defects
that our leaders when they celebrate their meetings: they use to speak of
big principles, but they don't they make anything. Why we don't force them
to accomplish their promises? ººº
I don't consider convenient to change the capitalist system to anything
else. I believe, however that is urgent its transformation. It is
demonstrated that the current market model is unfair and, also, inadequate.
The current pattern, enlarges the differences among rich and poor inside the
countries and among the countries. A country in development cannot have a
democratic government and, at the same time, to fulfill the demands of the
International Monetary Fund, of the World Bank, and of the World Trade
Organization.
We need to impede the spoil of the poor countries from the rich ones.
It is necessary to modify many of the current running norms of the market.
It is necessary to modify the way of running of many International
Organisms, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank or the
International Monetary Fund.
The markets of the developed countries should not only open up to the
agricultural products of the developing countries, but rather, also, they
should provide them an easy access and help them for making competitive
their agriculture.
An example of injustice. A country rich signs with a country in development
a Treaty of Free Trade. But the rich country subsidizes its farmers
strongly. The country in development cannot carry out that policy of grants.
It is necessary to finish with the politics of grants over the agriculture.
Many countries in development are insisting on that. But this is not enough
to solve the problem. Also, the developed countries should provide to the
countries in development the appropriate technology to their situation, that
is to say, the rich countries should provide the poor countries the
technologies that could allow them to take their own development in charge
The market doesn't need to be free, it needs to be fair, and later, perhaps, free
The market doesn't need to be free, it needs to be fair, and later, perhaps,
free. The democracy is a tool to achieve social ends and good governance. To
dialogue is well, but, in face of serious humanitarian crises as those that
crosses the current international situation, it is not possible to remain
inactive.
We should avoid to fall in the same defects that our leaders when they
celebrate their meetings: they speak of big principles, but they don't make
anything. They don't accomplish any of their promises, although they try not
to make many. They have promised the 0,7, why don't we demand them to
accomplish their promise?. They promised to give money for AIDS, why don't
we force them to give such promised money?.
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