Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

modello economico di rapina

English translation:

economics of exploitation /economic system of exploitation

Added to glossary by Fiona Grace Peterson
Apr 17, 2015 11:46
9 yrs ago
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Italian term

modello economico di rapina

Italian to English Bus/Financial Economics economic polices
A text contrasting current, global economic policies with alternative, more sustainable options:

"Il Mediterraneo può costituire un laboratorio alternativo non solo in materia di cittadinanza, ma anche sul fare economia. Pensiamo solo al potenziale in fatto di energie rinnovabili che offre il Mediterraneo, pensiamo alle potenzialità dell’agricoltura biologica, del turismo verde, della promozione di incubatori per piccole e medie imprese, della formazione di imprese cooperative, della ricerca scientifica e della finanza etica, se nord e sud del Mediterraneo fossero connessi senza passare attraverso le grandi corporazioni. C’è bisogno di contrastare la moltiplicazione dello stesso ***modello economico di rapina*** aprendo incubatori dell’economia sociale e solidale."

I know what the term means, just wondering if there's a standard term?
TIA!!

Proposed translations

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Italian term (edited): modello economico di rapina rapina
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economics of exploitation /economic system of exploitation

One idea. Model and robbery don't work very well IMHO. A model in economics is usually accompanied by a mathematical equation in English.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-04-17 16:07:53 GMT)
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The only standard term/cliche that comes to mind is "property is theft". There are hundreds of economic models the neoclassical, the monetary, the Keynsian, the Friedman, etc, etc, but the one where you call the powers that be, the multinational corporations, violent robbers doesn't get much space in the English speaking academic literature, methinks. Nor too much in the Italian: https://www.google.it/search?source=ig&hl=it&rlz=&=&q="model...
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(current) models of economic deception

..., not 'robbery as such here, in my opinion
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paragon of economic plunder

I might put it this way,
... other than the usual paragon of economic plunder ...
nice alliteration and reference to how we have made this type of economy a preferred and acceptable system by using paragon...
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