The city as a trading entity -- Land use for the simplified city -- Distinct income classes and suburban employment -- Wages, agglomeration and migration -- Basics of location economics -- Growth of cities -- Transportation -- Housing -- The public sector -- Populations, slums and planning

We link daily price-changes for 11 Dow-Jones companies for 5 three month periods to the prevailing interest rate. In "normal times", the interest carrying cost of owning a share exceeds average price change. In periods of high volatility (eg. August to November, 2008), average price change...