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Capitalism isnt what it used to be. And Adam Dixons New Geography of Capitalism makes a bold case for thinking about capitalism in new ways too. Thinking about capitalism as a variegated system, but as a system nonetheless, allows Dixon to avoid the pitfalls of both flat-earth convergence theory and those of institutionalist accounts of national variety. His promising alternative takes the problematic of integration seriously, not least as an engine of new geographies. Peck, University of British Columbia

Capitalism isnt what it used to be. And Adam Dixons New Geography of Capitalism makes a bold case for thinking about capitalism in new ways too. Thinking about capitalism as a variegated system, but as a system nonetheless, allows Dixon to avoid the pitfalls of both flat-earth convergence theory and those of institutionalist accounts of national variety. His promising alternative takes the problematic of integration seriously, not least as an engine of new geographies. Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia While we have all been riveted on the financial crisis, a deeper story about the financialization of the global economy has been unfolding, with huge implications for social welfare and well-being in the advanced industrial countries. Adam Dixons book provides the essential guide to understanding this complex process. Erica Schoenberger, The Johns Hopkins University The New Geography of Finance is a tour de force. Its crystal-clear synthesis of the literatures on contemporary capitalist and financial systems, and its placement of financial-firm imperatives at the centre of global dynamics and national economic evolution, will shape debate on the evolution of finance for years to come. Gary A. Dymski, Professor of Applied Economics, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds

Both accessible and timely, the book is appropriate for a wide audience in the social sciences, while advanced readers of economic geography and Dixons prior work will certainly recognize the significance of this contribution and find solace in relevancy. Ian M. Dunham, Said Business School, Oxford University, Journal of Economic Geography Capitalism isnt what it used to be. And Adam Dixons New Geography of Capitalism makes a bold case for thinking about capitalism in new ways too. Thinking about capitalism as a variegated system, but as a system nonetheless, allows Dixon to avoid the pitfalls of both flat-earth convergence theory and those of institutionalist accounts of national variety. His promising alternative takes the problematic of integration seriously, not least as an engine of new geographies. Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia While we have all been riveted on the financial crisis, a deeper story about the financialization of the global economy has been unfolding, with huge implications for social welfare and well-being in the advanced industrial countries. Adam Dixons book provides the essential guide to understanding this complex process. Erica Schoenberger, The Johns Hopkins University The New Geography of Finance is a tour de force. Its crystal-clear synthesis of the literatures on contemporary capitalist and financial systems, and its placement of financial-firm imperatives at the centre of global dynamics and national economic evolution, will shape debate on the evolution of finance for years to come. Gary A. Dymski, Professor of Applied Economics, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds

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Adam D. Dixon is a senior lecturer in economic geography at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on comparative economic geography, the geography of finance, and the political economy of institutional investors. He is co-author with Gordon L. Clark and Ashby H.B. Monk of Sovereign Wealth Funds: Legitimacy, Governance and Global Power (2013, PUP) and co-editor with the same of Managing Financial Risks: From Global to Local (2009, OUP). He is a visiting scholar at Stanford University's Global Projects Center and has held visiting positions at Heidelberg University in Germany and Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He has a D.Phil from the University of Oxford, and master's and bachelor's degrees, respectively, from L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

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