The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war.

The competitive nation-state system, with all its capacity for good and evil, is spreading in the Third World and is transforming that world.

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 historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war.

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 clustering of technological innovation in time and space helps explain both the uneven growth among nations and the rise and decline of hegemonic powers.

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