TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bavel,Bas Van
TI  - Invisible hand? how market economies have emerged and declined since AD 500
SN  - 9780199608133 
U1  - 330.122 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - OUP
KW  - Capitalism
N1  - 
    Provides insight into more than a thousand years of economic and social developments
    Offers a better understanding of what markets and market economies really are
    Assesses the advantages and drawbacks of having markets as the dominant system of exchange and allocation
    Confronts theoretical models and ideological viewpoints with empirical historical data
    Enables the reader to take a fresh look at the present debates about the future of capitalism, the effects of inequality, and the relation between wealth and political leverage

ER  -