Economic Structures of AntiquityBloomsbury Academic, 14/02/1995 - 288 من الصفحات The economy of the ancient Middle East and Greece is reinterpreted by Morris Silver in this provocative new synthesis. Silver finds that the ancient economy emerges as a class of economies with its own laws of motion shaped by transaction costs (the resources used up in exchanging ownership rights). The analysis of transaction costs provides insights into many characteristics of the ancient economy, such as the important role of the sacred and symbolic gestures in making contracts, magical technology, the entrepreneurial role of high-born women, the elevation of familial ties and other departures from impersonal economics, reliance on slavery and adoption, and the insatiable drive to accumulate trust-capital. The peculiar behavior patterns and mindsets of ancient economic man are shown to be facilitators of economic growth. |
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Gods as Inputs and Outputs of the Ancient Economy | 3 |
Adaptations of Markets and Hierarchical Relationships | 39 |
Who Were the Entrepreneurs? The Problem of Public | 73 |
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5 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة