ABSTRACT
A Persistent trend in the modern era has been the increasing level and pace of economic, social, and cultural interactions within countries, and over time, between them. These interactions and exchanges have been made possible in recent times by the territorial state’s provision (within their geography and across borders) of key public goods: law, order, “secure” interaction spaces, and physical and non-physical infrastructure networks, all of which facilitate interactions among social and economic actors (Braudel 1984, Lakshmanan 1993).
