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economic geography
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Economic geography is the study of where economic activities like businesses, industries, and jobs are located around the world and how they're organized across space. It matters because understanding these patterns helps explain why some regions are wealthy while others struggle, and how global trade and production networks actually work.
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- economics
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- agricultural geography
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