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Knowing well Åke Andersson’s intense concern for the future and given the very title of this book, Knowledge and Networks in the Dynamical Economy. I find it impossible to avoid grappling with the problem of projecting what’s ahead. And since among regional scientists I can claim to have more years than most of struggle to understand the dynamics of spatial development (space-time paths), I dare to extrapolate the past. I choose to do so beginning from the first event identified by scientific man, the Big Bang, and in doing this I will draw heavily upon the analysis in my forthcoming book, Commonalities of Art, Science and Religion: An Evolutionary Perspective (Scheduled for July 1996 publication by Avebury Press).
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Isard, W. (1998). Commonalities, Regional Science and the Future: A Septuagenarian Perspective. In: Beckmann, M.J., Johannsson, B., Snickars, F., Thord, R. (eds) Knowledge and Networks in a Dynamic Economy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60318-1_3
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