{"product_id":"making-money-in-ancient-athens-9780472132768","title":"Making Money in Ancient Athens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmed with some of the most thoroughly documented case studies and the richest variety of source material from the ancient Greek world, Michael Leese argues that the evidence demonstrates that ancient Athenians achieved the type of long-term profit and wealth maximization that have been argued as unique to the modern industrial-capitalist system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Hunger in their souls: profit and wealth maximization in Athenian thought\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Aristotle on \u003cem\u003echrÊmatistikÊ. \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eOikonomia as chrÊmatistikÊ.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe good money-maker: a character sketch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrugality and calculation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRisk, safety, and profit in economic decision-making\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe insatiable hunger for wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Making money in the \u003cem\u003eoikos\u003c\/em\u003e: strategies for diversification and profit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimarchus’ father Arizelos: a strategy of short and long-term profit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemosthenes the Elder: profitable choices for long-term growth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCiron: a diversified estate geared towards long-term growth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStratocles: a balanced estate of high and low-risk properties\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e: the acquisition of cash-generating enterprises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdeimantos’ estate: craft production and cash crops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral patterns of diversification in ancient Greece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Money-making strategies on specialized estates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: all your eggs in one basket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNicias, Kallias, and long-term profit-maximization in silver mining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe silver rush in fourth-century BCE Athens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLysias’ father Kephalos: manufacturing, wartime profiteering, and an economy of scale?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBankers: high-risk specialization and attempts to diversify \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiodotus: specialization in high-risk, high-profit moneylending\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Profit, Trust, and Deception in Ancient Greek Maritime Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrice sensitivity, flexibility, and versatility in an uncertain trading world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation networks to secure the greatest profits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA race against the clock: maximizing transactions to maximize profits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrime does pay: breaking contracts and laws to make more money\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeak inter-\u003cem\u003epolis\u003c\/em\u003e contract enforcement: take the money and run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContracts, friends, and family: protecting oneself on the open market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Maximization in the Ancient Greek Economy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePsychological impulses to maximize wealth in Greek thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBroader patterns of wealth acquisition: unjust seizure of wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiversity of personality types\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSafety, honor, and social mobility: the benefits of wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"LUP - University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037190521175,"sku":"9780472132768","price":68.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472132768.jpg?v=1750934723","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-money-in-ancient-athens-9780472132768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}