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

Structuralism argues that a liberal capitalist world economy tends to preserve or actually increase inequalities between developed and less developed economies.

In short, the elimination of the financial legacy of Reaganomics could force the United States to make some exceptionally difficult choices indeed.

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.

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.

A market is not politically neutral; its existence creates economic power which one actor can use against another.

Many critics see international trade as a form of cultural imperialism that must be strictly controlled.

The multinational corporation and international production reflect a world in which capital and technology have become increasingly mobile, while labor has remained relatively immobile.

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

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

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.

How did I get 'IT'? - By crying, begging, yelping! - Any of this helping?

The truth is that most writers are needy.

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.

Work cannot convey the almost voluptuous sweetness of the feelings experienced ... in solitude.

Elation and pain are experiences that make you realize youre alive. Thank God you feel them; otherwise youd be numb.

Get low; grace will meet you there.

I think I get it now. It doesn't matter how nice home is--it just matters that it feels like home.

The best way to find out whether you're on the right path? Stop looking at the path.

To fill a world with ... religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used.

All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.