The ancient economy
by M. I. Finley
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To study the economies of the ancient world, one must begin by discarding many premises that seemed self-evident before Sir Moses 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.
Ancient CivilizationEconomic historyEconomic conditionsAntiquitéGrowthHistoire économiqueChild PsychologyWirtschaftLand tenureCivilization, ancientEconomics, history