Noam Chomsky著のHopes and Prospectsにはなるほどと納得する説明が多い。
Smith was refferring to the mercantilist system, but his observation generalizes, and in that form stands as one of the very few atuthentic principles of the theory of international relations, alongside another fundamental principles, the maxim of Thucydides that the strong do as they wish, and the weak suffer as they must.
(Excerpts from "Hopes and Prospects" by Noam Chomsky)
Smith was refferring to the mercantilist system, but his observation generalizes, and in that form stands as one of the very few atuthentic principles of the theory of international relations, alongside another fundamental principles, the maxim of Thucydides that the strong do as they wish, and the weak suffer as they must.
(Excerpts from "Hopes and Prospects" by Noam Chomsky)