The text comprehensively guides students through the core issues and debates of this vibrant and exciting area, whilst simultaneously exploring the range of approaches and paradigms currently invigorating the wider discipline. It balances coverage of "traditional" areas such as regional development and labour markets with insight into new and evolving topics like neoliberalism, consumption, finance, energy transition and alternative economic practices. The new edition features three new chapters on Changing Global Geographies of Capital, Consumption and Retailing and Economic Geography and Energy Transition.. Existing chapters and material have also been revised and updated.