Capitalism and regional inequality

Journal article

The existence of regional disparities is not a necessary requirement for the perpetuation of capitalism. Nevertheless pockets of high unemployment and economic distress are likely features of the capitalist spatial system. The lack of coordination in time and space between individual firms will inevitably result in accumulation crises and spatial agglomeration. Inequality is the product of an economic system that is dominated by the interests of individual enterprises. The existence of region...

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Authors: Clark, G

• Publisher: Routledge
• Journal: Annals of the Association of American Geographers
• Volume: 70
• Publication date: 1980-01-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1980.tb01309.x
• ISSN: 0004-5608
• Language: English