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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480502203321

Autore

Barnes William R

Titolo

The New Regional Economies [[electronic resource] ] : The US Common Market and the Global Economy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 1997

ISBN

1-4522-4994-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Cities and Planning

Altri autori (Persone)

LedeburLarry C

Disciplina

337.173

Soggetti

International economic relations

Regional economics

Intergovernmental fiscal relations - United States

Competition, International

Business & Economics

Economic History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Introduction; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 - The Nation as Economy: Triumph of a Faulty Paradigm; Chapter 3 - The Economic Region; Chapter 4 - The Internal Interdependence of Regions; Chapter 5 - Business Cycles and Local Economies; Chapter 6 - Economic Federalism and the New Political Economy; Chapter 7 - The Regional Economic Commons; Chapter 8 - The Global Commons; Chapter 9 - Intergovernmental Roles in Economic Policy Making; Chapter 10 - Policy and Governance for the Regional Economic Commons

Chapter 11 - The United States Common Market: Policy and GovernanceChapter 12 - Afterword: The Challenge and the Opportunity; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

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