Abstract
This article examines the contributions of Marxist dependency theory (MDT) to the understanding of “peripheral financialization.” It emphasizes the theory’s relevance in addressing the distinct characteristics of dependency, situating MDT within its theoretical, political, and historical contexts alongside its fundamental categories. Contemporary contributions to the analysis of financialization within this framework are explored, highlighting how this process reinforces dependent countries’ subordinated position in the global economy. In this sense, financialization marks a new stage of dependency, intensifying the structural transfer of value and aggravating the superexploitation of labor. These contributions point to an understanding of peripheral financialization that not only acknowledges the particularities of capitalist development in the periphery but also maintains a direct link to class exploitation.
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