Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction -- ONE: The Ideology of Nature -- TWO: The Production of Nature -- THREE: The Production of Space -- FOUR: Toward a Theory of Uneven Development I: The Dialectic of Geographical...

As part of the credibility revolution in applied economics, researchers need to turn away from significance thresholds and stars, and instead focus on economic importance. Yet, existing measures of importance in regression analysis have fundamental flaws. Using an axiomatic approach, I develop...

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