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The Roots of Western Finance - Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World (Paperback)
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The Roots of Western Finance - Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World (Paperback)
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In The Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital
in the Ancient World, Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg take an
anthropological approach to credit. They suggest that financial
activities occur in a complex milieu, in which specific parties,
with particular motives, achieve their goals using a form of
social, cultural, or economic agency. They examine the imbrication
of finance and hidden interests in Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt,
classical Greece and Rome, the early Judeo-Christian traditions,
and the Islamic world to illuminate the ties between social,
ethical, and financial institutions. This unique breadth of
research provides new perspectives on Mesopotamian ways of
incentivizing production through financial arrangements, the source
of Egyptian surpluses, linguistics and usury, metrological
influences on finance, and the enduring importance of honor and
social capital. This book not only illustrates the particular
cultural logics that drove these ancient economies, it also depicts
how modern society's financial techniques, ethics, and concerns
with justice are attributable to a rich multicultural history.
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