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A History of Market Performance - From Ancient Babylonia to the Modern World (Hardcover, New)
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A History of Market Performance - From Ancient Babylonia to the Modern World (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
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This exciting new volume examines the development of market
performance from Antiquity until the dawn of the Industrial
Revolution. Efficient market structures are agreed by most
economists to serve as evidence of economic prosperity, and to be
prerequisites for further economic growth. However, this is the
first study to examine market performance as a whole, over such a
large time period. Presenting a hitherto unknown and inaccessible
corpus of data from ancient Babylonia, this international set of
contributors are for the first time able to offer an in-depth study
of market performance over a period of 2,500 years. The
contributions focus on the market of staple crops, as they were
crucial goods in these societies. Over this entire period, all
papers provide a similar conceptual and methodological framework
resting on a common definition of market performance combined with
qualitative and quantitative analyses resting on new and improved
price data. In this way, the book is able to combine analysis of
the Babylonian period with similar work on the Roman, Early-and
Late Medieval and Early Modern period. Bringing together input from
assyriologists, ancient historians, economic historians and
economists, this volume will be crucial reading for all those with
an interest in ancient history, economic history and economics.
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