• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Ancient Economy: Volume 43

The Ancient Economy: Volume 43

Paperback

Series: Sather Classical Lectures, Book 43

EconomicsAncient History General

ISBN10: 0520219465
ISBN13: 9780520219465
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Mar 1 1999
Pages: 298
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.96 Depth: 8.89
Language: English
Technical progress, economic growth, productivity, even efficiency have not been significant goals since the beginning of time, declares M. I. Finley in his classic work. The states of the ancient Mediterranean world had no recognizable real-property market, never fought a commercially inspired war, witnessed no drive to capital formation, and assigned the management of many substantial enterprises to slaves and ex-slaves. In short, to study the economies of the ancient world, one must begin by discarding many premises that seemed self-evident before Finley showed that they were useless or misleading. Available again, with a new foreword by Ian Morris, these sagacious, fertile, and occasionally combative essays are just as electrifying today as when Finley first wrote them.

Also in

Ancient History General