Politička ekonomija i međunarodno udruživanje rada. Prilog raspravama o "državotvornom" i radničkom shvatanju evropske sigurnosti i suradnje
Political Economy and the International Pooling of Labour

Summary/Abstract: The author suggests that the internationalisation of capital (means) and of labour constitutes the most outstanding feature of European and world developments since World War II. The question is examined of the possible existence of latent hotbeds of conflict and war danger inherent in the internal structure of modern society, representing a constant threat to mankind. Translated into the language of political economy, this dilemma is set down in the form of a question, to which, in the author’s opinion, it is difficult to give a definite and complete answer, namely: is the rapid internationalisation of capital and labour merely a new organisational pattern and a new weapon of the old monopolistic capital, such as Lenin described, or could it be that this phenomenon contains the seeds of a future new European and world economic formation, in which associated labour will triumph, divesting the »last« monopolistic states of the right to control certain parts of the globe and their wealth? The author points out that most Marxist authors from other countries favour the former view, but himself suggests that this might be an oversimplification, since it dogmatically ignores the vast number and power of labour concentrated in multinational companies. Referring to the writings of some leading theorists on the problem s of concentration and centralisation of capital, the author upholds the view epoch-making processes of socialisation of ownership and management functions are occurring in multinational companies. Some of the mammoth corporations are already waging a decisive battle for power with the state, and, similarly to the defeat of the church in the struggle for power with national states, it seems likely that the states will succumb to the gigantic multinational corporations. The author makes a critical appraisal of some aspects of the problem , focusing particularly on the role of associated labour in the European and the world economy. In addition to a number of adverse effects, the international movement of labour displays also this fundamental tendency, which, in his opinion, represents the logical outcome of the scientific and technical revolution and a specific manifestation of the irrepressible process of labour integration, on a European and a world scale.

• Details
• Contents