Primitive accumulation, agrarian reform and socialist transitions: An argument

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• The use of ‘primitive’ simply follows what has become accepted parlance in the literature, despite its inappropriateness. Other substitutes are frequently used: previous, preliminary, primary, initial and original are all encountered in the debates. The trade‐off is between causing minor irritation to some as against some loss of recognition to many.
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