This paper explores the rise of money and class society in ancient Greece, drawing historical and theoretical parallels … and consolidation of class society and inequality. Money, class society, and inequality came into being simultaneously, so … transformation from egalitarian to class societies. In this context, money served to preserve the façade of social and economic …

forcefully to a recession caused not by short-term factors, but rather by an over-accumulation of debt by sovereigns, banks, and … households: a so-called "balance sheet recession." Though the nature of the crisis was understood relatively early on, policy …