Clergyman's

Trade is the oldest and most important economic nexus among nations. Indeed, trade along with war ha been central to the evolution of international relations.
- Robert Gilpin

The multinational corporation and international production reflect a world in which capital and technology have become increasingly mobile, while labor has remained relatively immobile.
- Robert Gilpin

One reason for the primacy of the market in shaping the modern world is that it forces a reorganization of society in order to make the market work properly . When a market comes into existence, as Marx fully appreciated, it becomes a potent force driving social change.
- Robert Gilpin

In short, the elimination of the financial legacy of Reaganomics could force the United States to make some exceptionally difficult choices indeed.
- Robert Gilpin

Liberal economists conceive of societies as black boxes connected by exchange rates; as long as exchange rates are correct, what goes on inside the black box is regarded as not very important.
- Robert Gilpin

The economic success of the Reagan Administration was largely dependent upon the pyramiding of massive debt and the siphoning of capital from the rest of the world.
- Robert Gilpin

Does the functioning of the world economy tend to concentrate wealth and power, or does it tend to diffuse it?
- Robert Gilpin

In many societies the domestic social costs of adjustment to changing patterns of comparative advantage are believed to outweigh the advantages of further trade liberalization.
- Robert Gilpin

Through exploitation of its influence over global financial affairs, the United States has been able to cover the costs of its hegemonic position, preserve a false domestic prosperity, and mask the consequences of its relative political and economic decline.
- Robert Gilpin

The opposing tendencies of concentration and spread are of little consequence in the liberal model of political economy.
- Robert Gilpin