ABSTRACT

Addressing the dearth of literature that has been written on this key aspect of economic history, Takeshi Amemiya, a well known leading economist based at Stanford University, analyzes the two diametrically opposed views about the exact nature of the ancient Greek economy, putting together a broad and comprehensive survey that is unprecedented in t

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PART I History, society, culture

chapter 1|10 pages

History

chapter 2|24 pages

Society and culture

chapter 3|8 pages

Athenian democracy

chapter 4|10 pages

Was Athenian democracy a success?

part |2 pages

PART II Economy

part |2 pages

PART III Economics

chapter 7|3 pages

Xenophon’s economics

chapter 8|11 pages

Plato’s ethics

chapter 9|7 pages

Aristotle’s ethics

chapter 10|12 pages

Plato’s economics

chapter 11|8 pages

Aristotle’s economics

chapter 12|11 pages

Utilitarianism