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 GilpinMany critics see international trade as a form of cultural imperialism that must be strictly controlled.
Robert GilpinThe multinational corporation and international production reflect a world in which capital and technology have become increasingly mobile, while labor has remained relatively immobile.
Robert GilpinIn 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