Periphery nations
A) export to the core but not to the semiperiphery.
B) lack industrialization.
C) are isolated from the world economy.
D) have economies that disproportionately benefit capitalists in the core.
E) have little incentive to interact with nations of the core.

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Periphery nations have economies that disproportionately benefit capitalists in the core. This means that the core nations extract resources and labor from periphery nations at lower costs and then sell products produced with those resources at a higher price in the core market. This situation creates a cycle of dependency for periphery nations, and the benefits go mainly to the capitalists in the core. Periphery nations may export to the semiperiphery, but their exports to the core nations are more significant in terms of a dependence on the core market.

Periphery Nations