division of labor

The mechanism of regional reproduction, carried out economic the independent regions of Russia, is expounded in the article. Objectivity of its existence is proved in the conditions of market economy. The features of regional reproduction and its likeness are showed with reproduction at the level of other managing subjects.

Introduction. This article investigates stages of development of classical and neoclassical concepts of spatial economics. Theoretical analysis. The evolution of classical and neoclassical theories of the international division of labor and world trade reflected the objective historical conditions and tendencies: the global hegemony of Great Britain in the 19th century, the consequences of the Great Depression of 1929–1933, the global hegemony of the United States after World War II.