I'll be teaching Economic Geography in Spring 08 - we worked this out at the faculty meeting on Wednesday. It's a new prep for me, but I'm really looking forward to it. I plan on using a readings packet rather than a textbook, so that I can really build the course from the ground up based on what I want rather than what the textbook author wants.
In that respect I want to take a look at a new book by Richard N. Langlois (Williams '74) called "The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism: Schumpeter, Chandler, and the New Economy." (Routledge 2007). The shift away from vertical integration of firms to specialized firms connected by markets and networks.
Then also, for urban geography in the future: "The persistence of poverty: why the economics of the well-off can't help the poor" by Charles Karelis (Williams '67). Yale UP 2007. A "new" understanding of poverty will generate more effective anti-poverty programs.
The poverty readings I did last summer were kinda dated: I'm looking for a fresh approach.
Back to population pyramids...
Posted by otto0114 at September 22, 2007 08:39 PM