The Economy of Classical Athens

In parallel to the development of democracy, the Athenians of the Classical period established a series of sophisticated economic institutions for the times through which they developed a maritime and commercially oriented economy.

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Emmanouil M.L. Economou is an Assistant Professor of History of Economic Institutions at the Department of Economics, University of Thessaly (Greece). He is a member of the Laboratory of Economic Policy and Strategic Planning (L.E.P.S.PLAN) in the same department. He is also a member of the Laboratory of Intelligence and Cyber-Security, Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus (Greece).

His research focuses on Economic History, Institutional Economics, International Political Economy and Defense Economics. He is the author of nine books (five in English and four in Greek) with acclaimed publishing houses such as Routledge, Springer and Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

He has contributed to the international academic bibliography with 65 papers in distinguished peer review journals, and in English and Greek collective volumes (scientific books). Contributions in peer review journals include, among others, the Journal of Institutional Economics (3), Defence and Peace Economics (2), Sustainability, European Journal of Law and Economics, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (2), Economics of Governance, Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, Homo Oeconomicus, Journal of Financial Economic Policy and Journal of Risk and Financial Management (4).

He is also a reviewer in the following highly distinguished journals: American Political Science Review, Journal of Institutional Economics, Cliometrica, Public Choice, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (EHR) and Journal of Risk and Financial Management.

Furthermore, he has 79 publications of discussion papers (64 in English, in the IDEAS RePec - Munich International Library and 15 as " " discussion papers published by the L.E.P.S.PLAN Laboratory). He has participated in 43 international and Greek conferences. He often writes in Greek press on economic, historical and defense issues.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: The ancient economy: Some further introductory issues. Chapter 3: Adopting a 'turn to the sea' strategy and the transformation of the Athenian economy. Chapter 4: The protection of private property and the rule of law. Chapter 5: The Athenian market. Chapter 6: The financial institutions of the Athenian economy. Chapter 7: The role of money in the economy. Chapter 8: The Athenian Public Sector and State Budget. Chapter 9: Economic growth policies in Classical Athens. Chapter 10: Social Welfare policies through the provision of public goods. Chapter 11: Epilogue: The Athenian city-state culture. Economy, freedom, democracy and the rule of law.