num_pages: 229
description: Market forces - Adam Smith's invisible hand - have never operated unimpeded in any economic system. As this book shows, even the successful merchant communities of early modern Europe were directed by the conscious plans of individuals and associations; the archetypal markets were imperfect.
language: English
title: Economic Policy in Europe Since the Late Middle Ages: The Visible Hand and the Fortune of Cities
titlecomplete: Economic Policy in Europe Since the Late Middle Ages: The Visible Hand and the Fortune of Cities
publisher: UNKNO