Bas Van Bavel: 2 books
Manors and Markets
Economy and Society in the Low Countries 500-1600
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
The Low Countries — an area roughly embracing the present-day Netherlands and Belgium — formed a patchwork of varied economic and social development in the Middle Ages, with some regions displaying a remarkable dynamism. Manors and Markets charts the history of these vibrant economies and societies,...
The Invisible Hand?
How Market Economies have Emerged and Declined Since AD 500
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2019
The Invisible Hand? offers a radical departure from the conventional wisdom of economists and economic historians, by showing that 'factor markets' and the economies dominated by them — the market economies — are not modern, but have existed at various times in the past. They rise, stagnate, and...