PHM-Exch> Food for an unfettered yet flagrant thought (2)

[Claudio Schuftan]

Human Rights Reader 298


 *CAPITALISM, NEOLIBERALISM AND HOW THEY SCORE IN THE ERA OF U**NFETTERED
GLOBALIZATION AND FLAGRANT DISREGARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS**. *(part 2 of 2)

 *The vocabulary of social justice we must consistently adopt*

Economic injustice is a clear cause of conflict; this is equally true for
the uneven distribution of resources, for the lack of economic and
political participation, for social inequalities and for unsatisfied basic
needs --all symptomatic of a flagrant neglect of human rights.

The ‘marketization’ of societies that is a key element of contemporary
globalization is often implemented on the basis of outright coercion given
the existing radical asymmetry in resources and in bargaining power. Ergo,
no real social contract here. Moreover, the constant reference to ‘cost‐benefit
analyses’ in the context of the ongoing marketization (that handles
distributional aspects so unfairly) is highly inappropriate, since what
this technique does is to approximate the allocation of resources in a way
that would be achieved by a perfectly-functioning (utopian) market --which,
of course, is totally indifferent to issues of distribution, of social
justice… and of HR.


To read the full Reader, go to

http://wp.me/plAxa-1DC

Claudio
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