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Hi Jeronimo, In this two part paper I gave a Marxist critique of the new econ geography. This emphasises the contradictions of accumulation, and class conflict: J.Gough (1996) Not flexible accumulation: contradictions of value in contemporary economic geography, Part 1: Workplace and inter-firm relations, *Environment and Planning A*, 28, 2063-2079 J.Gough (1996) Not flexible accumulation: contradictions of value in contemporary economic geography, Part 2: Regional regimes, national regulation and political strategy, *Environment and Planning A*, 28, 2179-2200 In a paper with Eisenschitz I critiqued the local economic strategies which come out of this new econ geog, such as cluster promotion, high-skill strategies, local networking, etc: Eisenschitz, A. and Gough, J. (1996) The contradictions of neo-Keynesian local economic strategy, *Review of International Political Economics* 3 (3) 434-5. The paper below examines both reasons for, and problems with, workers' support for this kind of 'high road' strategy: Gough, J. (2010) Workers’ strategies to secure jobs, their uses of scale, and competing economic moralities: rethinking the ‘geography of justice’, *Political Geography* 29 (3) 130-9. Best wishes, Jamie -- Dr Jamie Gough Senior Lecturer, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, England 0114 222 6909