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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Imperialistic distribution system

Imperialistic distribution system

  • Economic imperialism of transnational enterprises
  • Emerging oligopolistic world trading system

Nature

The distribution system at the global level is imperialistic in nature -- based on corporate empires -- rather than national. Production and distribution of products is based on limited operating images of society's and company needs. International, national and local economic and business relations are structurally blocked by tax, financial, and legal policy.

Broader

Oligopolies
Excellent
Commercial disregard of social responsibility
Presentable
Capitalist economic imperialism
Presentable

Narrower

Entrenchment of vested interests
Presentable
Surrendered control of marketing systems
Yet to rate
Gap between material and technological needs and demands
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Undercapitalized waste use schemes
Presentable

Aggravated by

Unethical practices of transnational corporations
Unpresentable

Related

Short-term planning of product life cycles
Presentable
Monopoly of the economy by corporations
Presentable
Absence of long-term economic planning agencies
Presentable
Unregulated ownership of the means of production
Yet to rate

Value

Uneconomic
Yet to rate
Maldistribution
Yet to rate
Imperialism
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Conditions of trade
  • Commerce » Multinationals
  • Commerce » Trade
  • Cybernetics » Systems
  • Economics » Economic
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Distribution
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D7374
    DOCID
    11473740
    D7NID
    132771
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020