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The Ancient Economy (upd. 2nd ed. 1999) by Moses I. Finley, Ian Morris (preface) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Ancient Economy (upd. 2nd ed. 1999) about?

"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.(first published 1973; 2nd ed. 1985; updated 1999)

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Author

Moses I. Finley, Ian Morris (preface)

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520219465

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Business, History