Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview
The Nation as Economy
Triumph of a Faulty Paradigm
The Economic Region
The Internal Interdependence of Regions
Business Cycles and Local Economies
Economic Federalism and the New Political Economy
The Regional Economic Commons
The Global Commons
Intergovernmental Roles in Economic Policy-Making
Policy and Governance for the Regional Economic Commons
The United States Common Market
Policy and Governance
Afterword
The Challenge and the Opportunity