An Economic Prehistory to Economic Emperors

Colin Read

Chapter 1 in The Rise and Fall of an Economic Empire, 2010, pp 5-12 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The simple innovation of agriculture sprung upon the world a sequence of innovations that remain with us today. Perhaps the most important of all is the creation of economic systems that allowed us to manage the surpluses of agriculture to meet human needs and wants more than 23,000 years ago.

Keywords: Conspicuous Consumption; Ruling Elite; Control Economy; Economic Empire; Economic Leader (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230297074_2

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