Yes, any self-respecting geographer will have ;). To be honest, I find Jacobs a little preachy >_>..
My interests lie primarily in housing, the perceptions and interactions of people with space, health and space and the rural-urban dynamic.
About the comic: I’m not that bad. I figured out how my credit card works ._.
That sounds really interesting. Two of my roommates last year were landscape architecture students, so I got a little bit of the people and space stuff from them; it’s really fascinating stuff. Given what you’re studying, I think you would definitely do well to get a solid grounding in economics. The books recommended earlier should go a long way in giving you that foundation, and I’m sure you could learn a bunch from talking to folks around this site. Good luck!