Economy of Classical Athens : Organization, Institutions and Society, Hardcov...

by Economou, Emmanouil M. L

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Economy of Classical Athens : Organization, Institutions and Society, Hardcover by Economou, Emmanouil M. L., ISBN 1032561548, ISBN-13 9781032561547, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK "In parallel to the development of democracy, the Athenians of the Classical period established a series of sophisticated economic institutions for the times through which they developed a maritime and commercially oriented economy. This book provides a thorough analysis of this transformation and the functioning of the Athenian economy during the Classical period. Through the approach of New Institutional Economics (NIE), th explores the establishment of key institutions including property rights protection, the legal protection of commercial contracts, prices determined by the forces of demand and supply, institutions against profiteering, banking services, the provision of loans through interest rates, consumer credit, insurance companies and a (primitive) version of joint stock companies. Furthermore, th focuses on the structure of the public sector, on how the state budget was determined and on how decisions on public revenues and expenditures were made. It also provides an integrated and detailed analysis of the social welfare policies that were implemented through the provision of a variety of public goods in Classical Athens. Moreover, it focuses on a series of socioeconomic aspects such as the social status of women, slaves and foreigners and the viewpoints of prominent Athenian philoso

• ISBN: 9781032561547
• Condition: Fine

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