Robert Gilpin Quote

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.


Chapter Eight, International Finance, p. 336 - The Political Economy of International Relations (1987)


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...

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...

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...

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...