A prolonged and massive increase in aggregate wealth per capita has taken place over several centuries.

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.

I don't believe in atheists. I have never seen a real one.

I don't eat pork or beef. I cut that out when my father passed away about 20 years ago. I wanted to modify my diet because he passed away from diabetes. And, you know, it's very hereditary.

Suffering occurs when your ideas about how things ought to be don't match how they really are.

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

Pledge allegiance to the struggle.

Yesterday on CNN, Joe Biden said he hasn't made up his mind about whether he'll run for president in 2016. Which raises the question: 'Who was raising that question?'

You couldn't have it if you DID want it.

Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.

Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.

Always keeping in mind that you become what you think about, be very careful about any thoughts you harbor that involve doubt.