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Class Struggle and the International Division of Surplus: The Distributive Surface in the Open Economy

Guido Ianni

Metroeconomica: international review of economics2026https://doi.org/10.1111/meca.70011article
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ABSTRACT This paper extends the classical approach to income distribution to an open economy with country‐specific distributive variables. We study a two‐country system with trade in intermediate goods. Using Schur complements and ‐matrices tools, we characterize the wage–profit configurations compatible with semipositive prices, showing they define a three‐dimensional surface that generalizes the wage curve of closed economies. The inverse relation between wages and profits may not hold unconditionally within each country: wages and profits can rise or fall simultaneously. The distributive conflict thus unfolds across social classes and countries, adding a geopolitical layer to the classical theory of distribution.

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@article{guido2026,
  title        = {{Class Struggle and the International Division of Surplus: The Distributive Surface in the Open Economy}},
  author       = {Guido Ianni},
  journal      = {Metroeconomica: international review of economics},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/meca.70011},
}

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