In this, the first comprehensive one-volume survey of the economies of classical antiquity, twenty-eight chapters summarise the current state of scholarship in their specialised fields and sketch new directions for research. The approach taken is both thematic, with chapters on the underlying...

Interest in economics is at an all-time high. Americans are debating the proper role of the government in company bailouts the effectiveness of tax cuts versus increased government spending to stimulate the economy, & potential effects of deflation