The roots of Western finance
Subtitle: power, ethics, and social capital in the ancient world
By: Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg
Contributors: Greenberg, James B., author
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781498545815
Subjects: Commerce; History; Ancient History; Finance; Economic history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Mesopotamian roots of the modern financial system; title: Mesopotamian financial innovations; title: Financing ancient Egypt's organizational economy; title: Finance and social capital in Classical Greece and Rome; title: Justice to altruism: early Judeo-Christian finance; title: Islamic finances and the Eastern Mediterranean; title: Conclusion: hidden interests and the anthropology of credit.