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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820258303321

Autore

Barnes William R

Titolo

The new regional economies : the U.S. common market and the global economy / / William R. Barnes, Larry C. Ledebur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif, : Sage Publications, c1998

ISBN

1-4522-4994-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Cities & planning series

Altri autori (Persone)

LedeburLarry C

Disciplina

330.973

Soggetti

Intergovernmental fiscal relations - United States

Regional economics

Competition, International

United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 Regional disparities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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