The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century by Roger E. Backhouse

The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century

Roger E. Backhouse

384 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics history challenging informative slow-paced
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In some of Western culture's earliest writings, Hesiod defined the basic economic problem as one of scarce resources, a view still held by most economists. Diocletian tried to save the falling Roman Empire with wage and price fixes--a strategy tha...

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