Robert Gilpin (1930–2018) Political scientist
Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter One, Nature of Political Economy, p. 19
“It hardly makes any difference who will be the next president. The world is governed by market forces.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/29/city-of-london-desperate-gamble-china-vulnerable-economy when asked by the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger who, in his view, would be the next president of the United States <br class="br">2000s
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