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Preface; Part I Markets in Place, Space, and Time; Introduction; About Economic Geography; Historical Thumb-nail Sketch of Economic Geography; Institutionalism; Conclusion; 1 Markets in Place and Space; Contemplating Markets; Market Exchange; Market Coordination; Market Governance; Conclusion; 2 The (Evolving) Spatial Division of Labour; Introducing the Division of Labour; Urbanization, Scale Economies, and Cumulative Causation; Globalization; Conclusion; 3 Innovation, Evolution, and Inequality; Innovation and Markets; Innovation as a Social Process; Techno-economic Paradigms; The Changing Geography of Innovation; Innovation and Global Inequality; Conclusion; Part II Institutional Pillars of Modern Space Economies; 4 Business; Introducing Business; Business Segmentation; Location Dynamics; Conclusion; 5 Labour; The Distinctive Evolutionary Nature of Labour Markets; The Nature of Labour Markets; Labour Market Segmentation; Labour Market Failures and Challenges; Conclusion; 6 Government; The Role of Government; The Nature of Government-Economy Relations; Government Policy Interventions and Institutions; Regional and Local Development Policies; International Economic Policies: The Free Trade Agenda; The Incomplete Territorialisation of Externalities Governance; Conclusion; 7 Non-profit Organizations; The Role of Non-profit Organizations; The Diversity of Non-profits; Economic Impacts; Global-Local Dynamics of NGO Activism; Social Capital and Development; Conclusion; Part III Location Dynamics of Value Chains; 8 Cities; The Role of Cities; Cities are Global and Local; Systems of Cities; Intra-Urban Land-Use Patterns; Conclusion; 9 Energy and Mineral Resources; Contradictions of Resource Exploitation; The Resource Cycle Meets the Value Chain; Resource-based Development; Conclusion; 10 Agriculture; Geographic Differences in Agriculture; Local and Global Markets: Disparities and Dilemmas; Organization: From Old MacDonald to McDonald’s; Regional Renewal and Relocalization; Conclusion; 11 Manufacturing; Geographic Differences in Manufacturing; The Shifting Geography of Manufacturing; Locating Manufacturing Facilities; Location, Product Cycle Dynamics, and Value Chains; Clustering and Congregation; Conclusion; 12 Services; The Development of the Service Industry; Defining Services; Consumer Services; Producer Services; Public Services; Conclusion; 13 Transportation and Communication Networks; The Role of Transportation and Communication Networks; Network; Costs, Pricing, and Location; Transportation, Communications, and Scale; Conclusion; 14 Consumption; Geographic Differences in Consumption; Demand: Decision-making by Consumers; Consumption Over Space; Consumption of Places and Space; Conclusion; Glossary; Index; List of Initialisms

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