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"An accessible survey of money and landscape around the world"-- "A spirited and incisive survey of economic geography, A World Made for Money begins with the author stopped at a red light in Norman, Oklahoma. Observing the landscape of drugstores and banks, and for that matter the stoplight and roads themselves, Bret Wallach observes, "Everything I see has been built to make money" or, at the very least, to facilitate making money. This, he argues, is a global phenomenon that nonetheless has occurred only within the past hundred years or so. Although guidebooks and culture brokers often disparage these landscapes of commerce, Wallach--recipient of a MacArthur "genius grant"--argues that we would do well to pay them close attention. A World Made for Money provides a compelling, condensed tour of our world. From Silicon Valley to Sri Lanka, from post-Soviet Russia to post-apartheid South Africa, Wallach looks at how human beings are buying, manufacturing, working, growing and shipping food, and accessing the natural resources to fuel it all. These essential facets of daily life, propelled by the profit motive, represent a transnational force shaping our surroundings and environment in ways that may not always be beautiful (or even healthy) but that are fundamental to understanding how the world works in the twenty-first century. Wallach examines the relationship between acquisitiveness and landscape, reveals surprising contradictions and nuances, and provides fresh perspective on politically charged topics such as sprawl, deindustrialization, and agribusiness. "--

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics. --- Natural resources --- Commercial geography. --- Economic geography. --- Resource management (Natural resources) --- Resources management (Natural resources) --- Geography, Commercial --- Geography --- Economic geography --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Commercial geography --- Management. --- Management --- E-books --- 911.3 --- Sociale geografie. Culturele geografie --- Asia --- India --- Rural conditions.

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The authors show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics.Since 1990 there has been a renaissance of theoretical and empirical work on the spatial aspects of the economy--that is, where economic activity occurs and why. Using new tools--in particular, modeling techniques developed to analyze industrial organization, international trade, and economic growth--this "new economic geography" has emerged as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary economics.The authors show how seemingly disparate models reflect a few basic themes, and in so doing they develop a common "grammar" for discussing a variety of issues. They show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics. This book is the first to provide a sound and unified explanation of the existence of large economic agglomerations at various spatial scales.

Foreign trade. International trade --- Economic geography --- 911.3 --- 711.4 --- 711.2 --- 339.5 --- Space in economics --- Urban economics --- Regional economics --- International trade --- 332 --- 338 --- 339 --- Economie 330 --- Gemeenten / Steden 352 --- Handel 339 --- Regionale economie 332.1 --- economie, internationaal --- economische geografie --- handel, internationaal --- regionale economische politiek --- vervoer, goederen --- vervoer, infrastructuur --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- Cities and towns --- City economics --- Economics of cities --- Spatial economics --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- 339.5 Buitenlandse handel. Internationale handel. Ruilvoet --- Buitenlandse handel. Internationale handel. Ruilvoet --- 711.2 Regionale planologie. Streekplannen. B P A , beperkt plan van aanleg --- Regionale planologie. Streekplannen. B P A , beperkt plan van aanleg --- 711.4 Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Sociale geografie. Culturele geografie --- Economic aspects --- 911.4 --- 338.32 --- 382.11 --- AA / International- internationaal --- Commerce --- International economic relations --- Non-traded goods --- Economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Buitenlandse handel. Internationale handel --- Economische geografie --- Vestigingsplaats en specialisatie van de productie. Ondernemingscentra --- Theorie van het internationale evenwicht. Economische onafhankelijkheid van een natie. Globalisering. Mondialisering --- Space in economics. --- Regional economics. --- Economic geography. --- International trade. --- Urban economics. --- Geografie --- Locatie Theorie. --- Géographie économique --- Espace (Economie politique) --- Economie urbaine --- Economie régionale --- Commerce international --- Mathematical models. --- ECONOMICS/Trade & Development --- Économie régionale --- Économie urbaine --- Géographie économique --- Espace en économie --- Models, Mathematical --- Simulation methods