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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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
How can the human race, whether for selfish or more cosmopolitan ends, understand and control the seemingly blind forces of history?
War and Change in World Politics (1981)
Every dominant state, and particularly an empire, promotes a religion or ideology that justifies its domination over other states in the system.
War and Change in World Politics (1981)
It would be premature to suggest that the nation-state is dead or dying.
War and Change in World Politics (1981)
I was certain that I was not a Marxist, but I did believe firmly that a connection between economics and politics existed.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
...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.
Ultimately...the hierarchy of prestige in an international system rests on economic and military power.
War and Change in World Politics (1981)
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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
Until the modern era there was no single international system, but rather several international systems, with little or no contact with another.
War and Change in World Politics (1981)
A precondition for political change lies in the disjuncture between the existing social system and the redistribution of power toward those actors who would benefit most from a change in the system.
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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
The relative stability of the system is... largely determined by its capacity to adjust to the demands of the actors affected by changing political and environmental conditions.
War and Change in World Politics (1981)
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.
The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)
One of the principal functions of war, and particularly... hegemonic war, is to determine the international hierarchy of prestige and thereby determine which states will in effect govern the international system.
War and Change in World Politics (1981)
The attack on Keynesian economics in the 1960s and 1970s by monetarists and by the theory of rational expectations undermined the intellectual foundations of development economics. The essence of this criticism was that there is only one economics, and that economics is a universal science equally applicable to all societies.