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The Collapse of Antiquity. Greece and Rome as Civilization's Oligarchic Turning Point

By Michael Hudson

Book information

Publisher
ISLET
Year
2023
ISBN
9783949546129, 9783949546112
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25058525 bytes)
Pages
\512
Topic
History Archaeology
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-11-27 17:25:44
CoinsCredit-DebtMoneyTrade,usury

Description

The Collapse of Antiquity, the sequel to Michael's "...and forgive them their debts, " is the second and latest book in his trilogy on the history of debt. It describes how the dynamics of interest-bearing debt led to the rise of rentier oligarchies in classical Greece and Rome, causing economic polarization, widespread austerity, revolts, wars and ultimately the collapse of Rome into serfdom and feudalism. That collapse bequeathed to subsequent Western civilization a pro-creditor legal philosophy that has led to today's creditor oligarchies.

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