A new geography for people and business
A book that provides a good summary of the new borders and new relationships of exchange and power
Businesses are not monads, but components of a dense and complex network of relationships that is constantly changing. They have always been this way, and even more so today. They are production organisations that are permeable to external and internal stimuli, in which women and men must continually make decisions to improve their destiny. Having the correct information on which to base your business decisions is important and often decisive. For this reason, reading ‘Linee invisibili. Geografie del potere tra confini e mercati’ (Invisible lines: geographies of power between borders and markets), written with care and wisdom by Luca Picotti, is therefore a valuable undertaking.
The book, which is just over 140 pages long and has four chapters, is based on the following observation: if the economics of trade still apply in a world organised into states, borders, and relative jurisdictions, then a new perspective, that of legal geography, can provide insight into the mechanisms of trade relations during a period characterised by various fractures. From value chains and duties to trade triangulations, financial sanctions, multinationals and digital infrastructure, everything moves across a complex chessboard criss-crossed by invisible lines. Therefore, we need to understand where these lines are, when they are activated and how they break down and shape reality.
The path towards a greater understanding of reality and its changes begins with a summary of ‘what has happened in recent years’, specifically ‘globalisation under siege’. Readers are invited to consider the ‘complexity of the world’, and thus the discrepancies between theory and international practice. Picotti then considers two major themes. The first is conflicts that have taken the form of economic wars. The second is those arising from new technologies.
Luca Picotti’s book aims to provide readers with the information they need to understand reality, and it certainly achieves this goal.
Linee invisibili. Geografie del potere tra confini e mercati
Luca Picotti
Egea, 2025
A book that provides a good summary of the new borders and new relationships of exchange and power
Businesses are not monads, but components of a dense and complex network of relationships that is constantly changing. They have always been this way, and even more so today. They are production organisations that are permeable to external and internal stimuli, in which women and men must continually make decisions to improve their destiny. Having the correct information on which to base your business decisions is important and often decisive. For this reason, reading ‘Linee invisibili. Geografie del potere tra confini e mercati’ (Invisible lines: geographies of power between borders and markets), written with care and wisdom by Luca Picotti, is therefore a valuable undertaking.
The book, which is just over 140 pages long and has four chapters, is based on the following observation: if the economics of trade still apply in a world organised into states, borders, and relative jurisdictions, then a new perspective, that of legal geography, can provide insight into the mechanisms of trade relations during a period characterised by various fractures. From value chains and duties to trade triangulations, financial sanctions, multinationals and digital infrastructure, everything moves across a complex chessboard criss-crossed by invisible lines. Therefore, we need to understand where these lines are, when they are activated and how they break down and shape reality.
The path towards a greater understanding of reality and its changes begins with a summary of ‘what has happened in recent years’, specifically ‘globalisation under siege’. Readers are invited to consider the ‘complexity of the world’, and thus the discrepancies between theory and international practice. Picotti then considers two major themes. The first is conflicts that have taken the form of economic wars. The second is those arising from new technologies.
Luca Picotti’s book aims to provide readers with the information they need to understand reality, and it certainly achieves this goal.
Linee invisibili. Geografie del potere tra confini e mercati
Luca Picotti
Egea, 2025