A.J.H. Latham - The Market in History

First published in 1986. The free market is often associated with liberty and individualism, and this connection has been made for more centuries than is generally realised. The essays collected in this book trace the development, importance and influence of the market as a dominating component of the shared human life from classical antiquity to the present. The authors, from various backgrounds, keep constantly in view the moral and political questions raised by the role of markets, as well as laying out succinctly what can be known or deduced about the actual operation of the market in Western and other cultures. This book will be of interest to students of economics and history.

The Market in History

Papers presented at a Symposium held 913 September 1984 at St Georges House, Windsor Castle, under the auspices of the Liberty Fund

Edited by
B.L. Anderson and A.J.H. Latham

First published in 1986

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1986 B.L. Anderson and A.J.H. Latham

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THE MARKET IN HISTORY

EDITED BY B. L ANDERSON and A. J. H. LATHAM

Papers presented at a Symposium held 913 September 1984 at St Georges House, Windsor Castle, under the auspices of the Liberty Fund.

B. L. Anderson, A. J. H. Latham and Contributors, 1986
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The Market in history: papers presented at a symposium held 913 September 1984 at St. Georges House, Windsor Castle, under the auspices of the Liberty Fund.

1. MarketsHistory

I. Anderson, B. L. II. Latham, A. J. H.

381.1809 HF5471

ISBN 0-7099-4120-X

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

The market in history.

Includes index.

1. Marketshistorycongresses. L Anderson, B.L

(Bruce Louis) IL Latham, A.J.H.

III. Liberty fund.

HF471.M37 1986 381.1809 86-2658

ISBN 0-7099-4120-X

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