Using a world systems approach and developing a theoretical analysis that builds on the leadership long-cycle approach to global international political economy, this book examines the issues of global inequality. The authors focus on the issues of economic growth, technological diffusion, debt,...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. An Introduction to Growth, Trade, and Systemic Leadership -- PART I. THE SYSTEMIC LEADERSHIP PLATFORM -- 2. Leading Sectors, Lead Economies, and Economic Growth -- 3. Economic Innovation, Systemic Leadership, and...

A simultaneous-equations model is developed for the reciprocal relationship among bilateral trade value, conflict, and cooperation by modeling the actions of exporters, importers, and governments. The model is estimated separately for each of the dyads among the US, the USSR, China, Japan, and...