Athenian Economy And Society: A Banking Perspective; Author: Cohen, Edward E.; Paperback

Author: Cohen, Edward E.
Paperback
306 pages
Published: February 1997
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN: 0691015929

In a ground-breaking analysis of the world's first private banks, author Edward Cohen convincingly explores the existence and functioning of a market economy in ancient Athens while revising our understanding of the society itself. Cohen found that fourth-century Athenian bankers pursued sophisticated transactions affected by the structure of Athenian language and thought.In his analysis of the world's first private banks, the author of this treatise demonstrates the existence and functioning of a market economy in ancient Athens. The study reveals the sophistication of bank transactions at the time and the importance of Athenian financial institutions.