本文旨在回答以下三个相关的问题:(1)把世界描述成空间经济系统意味着或可能意味着什么?(2)如果这种描述被证明是确切的,则会产生什么样的洞察力?(3)这种概念化是否有利于考虑有关世界和单个国家的问题?在该尺度上考虑问题与近期的地理研究、写作及教学相抵触,人们一直强调个别和地方尺度(即使观察到的现象确认为是受普遍规律或法则支配的)。但已有好几位学者强调了全球性观点的 The purpose of this paper is to answer the following three related questions: (1) What does it mean, or may mean, to describe the world as a spatial economic system? (2) What kind of insight would be produced if this description proves to be exact (3) Is this conceptualization conducive to considering issues concerning the world and individual countries? Considering the issue at this scale in contradiction with recent research, writing and teaching in the field of geography, there has been an emphasis on individual and local scales (even if observed phenomena Confirmed as being governed by general laws or laws). However, several scholars have emphasized the global view