Marxist elements for the criticism of the neoclassical orthodoxy of international trade

Abstract

Since the decade of 80’s, trade liberalization policies have become predominant. Such policies are aimed to reach eventually an ideal “free trade”. Neo-Classic orthodoxy may admit that there are initial problems on free trade, assuming them as momentary problems for some sectors. Some contemporary authors have contributed to update the marxist economic theory. Their contributions are important in order to build a theoretic core, based upon the marxist theory of value-labor, due to the potentialities that such analytic frame offers to understand the real current dynamics.

Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 115, 2008: 87-108