Week 2

Monday August 28

The Geography of Production, Distribution and Consumption

(or production, transportaiton and communication, and consumption)

Political Economy

Four Questions (see text)

• What should be produced at what level?
• How should it be produced?
• Where should it be produced?
• Who should recieve what share of production?

The Geography of Factors of Production

• Labor (manual, entrepreneurial skill, etc.)
• Capital (Land, money capital, raw materials etc.)
• Rent, wages, interest, profits
• Production Functions (if time)

Assignment for Wednesday

• Read pp. 33-46. Make sure you have a basic understanding of the following concepts: feudalism, market, commodity, barter, uneven spatial development, nation-state. Note that we will not discuss this reading in class, but will discuss it at a later date.