| The New Regional Economies: The Us Common Market and the Global Economy Contributor(s): Barnes, William R. (Author), Ledebur, Larry C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761909397 ISBN-13: 9780761909392 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: Traditionally, we take a nationalist view of our economy. Our politics and economics are wedded in the political economy of the nation state and the nationalist economic policies. This "nationalist paradigm" is, however, showing signs of fatigue: The role of the nation state is diminishing as the economy globalizes; our national accounting systems are less effective, technology forces change; trading blocs are emerging; there is less control of exchange rates; regional economies are restructuring; and competitive environments are changing. This book poses that political jurisdictions are not economies but polities, and explores the complex and important economic implications of this thesis. In reality, metropolitan-centered economic regions are the basic economic units and the building blocks of the U.S. economy. The linked, interdependent system of local economic regions form the U.S. Common Market, which in turn thrives within a global context of mutuality and interdependence. William R. Barnes and Larry C. Ledebur?'s paradigm shift from the "nation as the economy" to the "national system of local economic regions" changes the framework in which we think about governance and policy and puts this book at the forefront of U.S. economic thought. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 330.973 |
| LCCN: 97-4751 |
| Series: Cities and Planning |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 207 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The politics and economics of the United States are wedded in the political economy of the nation state and the nationalist economic policies. This nationalist paradigm′ is, however, showing the following signs of fatigue: the role of the nation state is diminishing as the economy globalizes; US national accounting systems are less effective, technology forces change; trading blocs are emerging; there is less control of exchange rates; regional economies are restructuring; and competitive environments are changing. This book proposes that political jurisdictions are not economies but polities, and explores the complex and important economic implications of this thesis. |
