Immanuel Ness > Quotes

“...modern methods of production expose how economic imperialism operates through the economic exploitation of labour.”
― Immanuel Ness, Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries

“The South's competitive advantage is derived from maintaining a surplus of low-waged labourers, from whom international finance capital can extract surplus value.”
― Immanuel Ness, Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries

“The institution of migrant labour today signifies the defeat of counter-hegemonic forces and the necessity of building and organizing an effective alternative to a system which is crushing lives and the planet.”
― Immanuel Ness, Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries

“...comparing imperialism in the nineteenth century to the present era is more fitting than a comparison of settler-colonialism and contemporary international labour migration, as in both eras imperialist countries have extracted surplus labour from the South at low wages to increase the profits for settlers and origin states.”
― Immanuel Ness, Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries

“Without control over migrant labour, capital could not extract vast profits from investments in the South.”
― Immanuel Ness, Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries

“The contradictory tension between the demand for low-wage labour and migrant workers and growing xenophobia propagated by politicians and the media in destination states must be challenged ...”
― Immanuel Ness, Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries