workings of the contemporary art market, explaining how this unique economy came to be, how it works, and where it’s headed. In …Art today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices have been driven to unprecedented heights …, conventional boundaries within the art world have collapsed, and artists think ever more strategically about how to advance their …

other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern … as the Dutch Republic in its golden age of the seventeenth century. The Roman Market Economy reveals how economics can … II: Markets in the Roman Empire -- Introduction: Roman Microeconomics -- 5. The Grain Trade -- 6. The Labor Market -- 7 …