1. Regions and the World Economy -- 2. The National Economy and the Sovereign State -- 3. The Coming Break-up of National Economies? -- 4. The Global Mosaic of Regional Economies -- 5. The Regional Foundations of Economic Performance -- 6. Collective Order and Regional Development: Social and Cultural Regulation of Local Economic Systems -- 7. Prospects for Poor Regions -- 8. A World of Regions -- 9. The Changing Geopolitics of Production, Competition, and Regional Interdependence