Quotes by Robert Gilpin - Page 1

The world economy diffuses rather than concentrates wealth.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Economy
Wealth
World
Copy Quote
A prolonged and massive increase in aggregate wealth per capita has taken place over several centuries.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Increase
Taken
Wealth
Copy Quote
Many critics see international trade as a form of cultural imperialism that must be strictly controlled.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Critics
Form
Imperialism
Copy Quote
A market is not politically neutral; its existence creates economic power which one actor can use against another.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Actors
Economic
Use
Copy Quote
The opposing tendencies of concentration and spread are of little consequence in the liberal model of political economy.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Economy
Littles
Political
Copy Quote
Specialization makes the welfare of the society vulnerable to the market and to political forces beyond national control.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Political
Vulnerable
Welfare
Copy Quote
I was certain that I was not a Marxist, but I did believe firmly that a connection between economics and politics existed.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Believe
Connections
Economics
Copy Quote
The competitive nation-state system, with all its capacity for good and evil, is spreading in the Third World and is transforming that world.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Evil
States
World
Copy Quote
The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
War
Historical
Transition
Copy Quote
In short, the elimination of the financial legacy of Reaganomics could force the United States to make some exceptionally difficult choices indeed.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Difficult Choices
Legacy
United States
Copy Quote
The clustering of technological innovation in time and space helps explain both the uneven growth among nations and the rise and decline of hegemonic powers.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Space
Growth
Innovation
Copy Quote
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 / Political Scientist
War
Evolution
Important
Copy Quote
Structuralism argues that a liberal capitalist world economy tends to preserve or actually increase inequalities between developed and less developed economies.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Arguing
Economy
World
Copy Quote
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 / Political Scientist
Administration
Debt
World
Copy Quote
The core of the Marxist critique of capitalism is that although the individual capitalist is rational (as liberals assume), the capitalist system itself is irrational.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Assuming
Individual
Marxist
Copy Quote
Among the many factors that make a return to halcyon days of the first decades of the postwar era virtually impossible is the decline of clearly defined political leadership.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Eras
Firsts
Political
Copy Quote
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 / Political Scientist
Cost
Patterns
Social
Copy Quote
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 / Political Scientist
Needs
Study
World
Copy Quote
The parallel existence and mutual interaction of "state" and "market" in the modern world create "political economy"; without both state and market there could be no political economy.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Modern
Political
World
Copy Quote
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 / Political Scientist
Technology
Corporations
World
Copy Quote
Despite its increased dependence on the international economy, America continues to behave as if it were either a closed economy or the leader whom everyone else should automatically follow.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
America
Economy
Leader
Copy Quote
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 / Political Scientist
Black
Important
Long
Copy Quote
In the abstract world of American economists, equations run both ways; they believe that by changing the sign of a variable from plus to minus or from minus to plus or the price and quantity of x or y, the direction of historical movement can be reversed.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Running
Believe
Historical
Copy Quote
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 / Political Scientist
Cost
Political
United States
Copy Quote
These two opposed forms of social organization, the modern state and the market, have evolved together through recent centuries, and their mutual interactions have become increasingly crucial to the character and dynamics of international relations in our world.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Character
Organization
Our World
Copy Quote
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 / Political Scientist
Order
Reorganization
World
Copy Quote
The dreams of "leaving it up to the market" or of returning to a politically neutral gold standard cannot succeed because the nature of the monetary system has a profound impact on the interests of powerful groups and states. Affected groups and states will always try to intervene in the operation of the system to make it serve their interests.
Robert Gilpin / Political Scientist
Dream
Impact
Powerful
Copy Quote

Top Authors

Ronald Reagan
40Th US President
Monday, Feb 06, 1911
Saturday, Jun 05, 2004
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father Of The United States
Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
Saturday, Apr 17, 1790
Abraham Lincoln
16Th U.S. President
Sunday, Feb 12, 1809
Saturday, Apr 15, 1865
Dr. Seuss
Writer
Wednesday, Mar 02, 1904
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1991
George Orwell
Novelist
Thursday, Jun 25, 1903
Saturday, Jan 21, 1950
Wayne Dyer
Author
Friday, May 10, 1940
Saturday, Aug 29, 2015
John Locke
Philosopher
Sunday, Aug 29, 1632
Tuesday, Oct 28, 1704
Albert Camus
Author
Friday, Nov 07, 1913
Monday, Jan 04, 1960
Chanakya
Teacher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Muhammad Ali
Professional Boxer
Saturday, Jan 17, 1942
Friday, Jun 03, 2016
William Blake
Poet
Monday, Nov 28, 1757
Sunday, Aug 12, 1827
Socrates
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890
Martin Luther
Monk
Saturday, Nov 10, 1483
Monday, Feb 18, 1546
Robert Frost
Poet
Thursday, Mar 26, 1874
Tuesday, Jan 29, 1963

View All Authors

Robert Gilpin Quotes - Page 1

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Political Scientist Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Political Scientist Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page