The Ancient Economy

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The Ancient Economy ( The ancient economy ) is one of the American classical philologist Moses Finley authored book on the economy of classical antiquity.

The ancient economy was first published in 1973. Finley deals with the ancient economy between 1000 BC. And 500 AD. Finley studies the economy not with economic models, but with sociological methods. He argues that the ancient economy was largely a by-product of social standing. The analysis uses ideas from Max Weber and Karl Polanyi .

Finley looks at ancient economic thinking, wealth distribution , the role of the state, the function of slavery, and the tax system. To this day, Finley's book is considered the most influential work on ancient economics and his theses are still debated today.

expenditure

  • MI Finley: The Ancient Economy. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1973, ISBN 0-520-02564-4 . Original edition.
  • MI Finley: The Ancient Economy. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1974, ISBN 0-520-02564-4 . First paperback edition.
  • Moses I. Finley: The Ancient Economy. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (dtv), Munich 1977, ISBN 3-423-04277-X . German first edition.
  • Moses I. Finley: The ancient economy 3., durchges. and exp. Edition dtv, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-423-04277-X .

literature

  • Morris, Ian: The Athenian Economy Twenty Years After "The Ancient Economy". Classical Philology , Vol. 89. (1994), pp. 351-366.
  • Morris, Ian: Foreword [to the updated edition] - The Ancient Economy by Moses I. Finley. University of California Press; Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 1999, ISBN 0-520-21946-5 .
  • Derks, Hans: The "Ancient Economy": the problem and the fraud. In: The European Legacy , 7 (2002), pp. 701-735.

supporting documents

  1. ^ Greene, Kevin: Technological Innovation and Economic Progress in the Ancient World: MI Finley Re-Considered. Economic History Review, Vol. 53, No. 1. (2000), p. 32.
  2. ^ Silver, Morris: Review ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eh.net archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of "The Ancient Economy", edited by Walter Scheidel and Sitta von Reden. Economic History Services , January 3, 2003.
  3. ↑ Full view on Google books.