The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana...

Ever since the time of Adam Smith, the attribution to foreign trade of the abilityto affect the wholesale transformation of the productive powers of an economy hasremained a very powerful concept in both economics and economic history. At theheart of this interpretation is the observation that...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Opening a Capitalist Window -- 2. Closing the Open Door -- 3. The Korean War and the Fight for Trade -- 4. Commerce in the Making of "Peaceful Coexistence" -- 5. A "Great Leap" in Trade -- 6....