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The Ancient Economy

By Ian Morris , Moses I. Finley

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1999
ISBN
0520219465, 9780520219465
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27586270 bytes)
Series
Sather Classical Lectures
Edition
Updated ed.
Pages
298\300
Topic
History
Time added
2017-09-25 19:10:21
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Description

"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.

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