Specialization makes the welfare of the society vulnerable to the market and to political forces beyond national control.
Robert GilpinIn 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 GilpinThe 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