The polanyian substantivism and the new models of the market in Mesopotamia

The reflection on the market is a fundamental topic of substantivism. In his model of the ancient economy, Karl Polanyi defended the preponderance of reciprocity and redistribution at the expense of self-regulating market in the ancient world. Assyriologists, be they fervent defenders of the Polanyi...

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Main Author: Alexandre G. Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
Series:Revista de História
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/100875