Book contents
- Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy
- Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 On Writing Roman Economic History
- Chapter 2 Embedding Contexts of Roman Money
- Chapter 3 Evidence and Theory
- Chapter 4 Rationality, Purposefulness and Action
- Chapter 5 Money Quantity and Quality
- Chapter 6 Understanding Money Use and Value
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2020
- Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy
- Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 On Writing Roman Economic History
- Chapter 2 Embedding Contexts of Roman Money
- Chapter 3 Evidence and Theory
- Chapter 4 Rationality, Purposefulness and Action
- Chapter 5 Money Quantity and Quality
- Chapter 6 Understanding Money Use and Value
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Roman monetary history, like all history, is history of mind. Purposeful action, as a product of the human mind, creates history. Economic models, methods and agendas, therefore, which ignore or assume away the mind are of only limited use for historians. Historians, however, can use the tools and concepts in this book to clarify and redeem some economic theories and concepts in order to better understand the societies they study.
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- Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy , pp. 173 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020