Robert Gilpin: Economics

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“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

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Five, The Politics Of International Trade, p. 171

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“A market is not politically neutral; its existence creates economic power which one actor can use against another.”

Robert Gilpin

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter One, Nature of Political Economy, p. 23

“I was certain that I was not a Marxist, but I did believe firmly that a connection between economics and politics existed.”

Robert Gilpin

Preface, p. xii
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)

“Both the control of territory and the political domination of one state over another have profound consequences for international economic relations. However… market power or economic power has itself become a principal means by which states seek to organize and manipulate the international division of labor to their own advantage.”

Robert Gilpin

p, 125
War and Change in World Politics (1981)

“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

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Nine, transformation Of The Global Economy, p. 362

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“Ultimately…the hierarchy of prestige in an international system rests on economic and military power.”

Robert Gilpin

War and Change in World Politics (1981)

“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

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Eight, International Finance, p. 308

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“There is a pressing need to integrate the study of international economics with the study of international politics to deepen our comprehension of the forces at work in the world.”

Robert Gilpin

Introduction, p. 3
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)

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