[MGSA-L] "metapratikos"
Grammenos, Dennis
d-grammenos at neiu.edu
Thu Jan 13 10:48:23 PST 2011
"Rentiers"??
Dennis Grammenos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Acting Chair
Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Economics
Latino & Latin American Studies Program
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. Saint Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
http://www.neiu.edu/~dgrammen
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From: mgsa-l-bounces at uci.edu on behalf of Dan Tompkins
Sent: Thu 1/13/2011 12:08 PM
To: George Baloglou
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Subject: Re: [MGSA-L] "metapratikos"
The first word that comes to mind is "rent-seeking." But this is not my professsional area and I would be very glad to be enlightened.
Dan Tompkins
On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:53 PM, George Baloglou wrote:
> I am looking for an English equivalent of "metapratikos"
> ("????????????"). The term may also appear as a noun, "metapratis"
> ("??????????"), and is often used in connection to either a certain
> social class, often privileged ("??????????? [??????] ????"), or an
> entire economy or state ("??????????? [????????] ?????????") that is
> not that productive but mainly buys and resells. In Greece this usage
> and term is quite common among Marxists. The term "comprador
> bourgeoisie" has been recommended to me already, but I would like
> something as politically colorless as possible.
>
> Thanks in advance, best wishes for 2011,
>
> George Baloglou
>
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