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aediles. See officials teleology of, , , , , agoranomoi. See officials value-judgments of, anachronism, , , , , , , cash, , , Antonine plague, , , distributions of, – antoninianus. See coinage, antoninianus shortage of, Aristotle, Cassius Dio, , , Athens, , chartalism, –, –, , , Augustus, , , – Chicago School economics. See economics, monetary system of, monetarist Res Gestae, , , choice. See purposeful rationality usury regulations of, Classics, , Aurelian cliometrics. See economics, cliometrics monetary reform of, , , , coinage – antoninianus, aureus. See coinage, gold debasement, , –, –, , Austrian economics. See economics, Austrian debasement and coin value, – debasement and metallism, banks, , –, , , debasement in ancient Syracuse, barter, , , debasement in the third century AD, , bounded rationality, , , , , – and Gresham’s law, denarius, , , and price formation, gold, , , , –, – and purposefulness, Greek, –, and the Roman land market, hoards, , –, –, , – and value, hoards due to debasements, , , definition of, – hoards of Lydian coins, bronze, –, hoards, categorization of, coinage, , , iconography, , , – bullion, , , , , mintmarks, as a store of value, premiums, , –, , as jewelry, quality. See money, quality electrum, silver, , –, –, , – from mines, Collingwood, Robin George, , , , , ratios, , and methodological individualism, Cambridge equation. See money, demand and purposefulness, , Cantillon effects. See money, neutrality commodities, –, –, , capitalism, , , , , , and culture, and central banking, , as money, , , , , , mode of production, – politically oriented, contracts, –, , , ,
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counterfactuals, –, , , , equilibrium, , , , , , , and choice, euergetism, , as comparative history, , – credit, –, Finley, Moses, , , , , and elite Roman attitudes, – and the ‘total state’, and interest rates, on money, and the land market, –, , – on the limits of choice, embeddedness of, , –, the legacy of, , expansion of, Fisher equation. See quantity theory of money state guarantees of, free markets. See capitalism unreliability of, free minting, Friedman, Milton, –, , –, , Dacia, Frome hoard, debasement. See coinage, debasement debt, , , ghost currency. See money, accounting unit deductivism, –, gifts, , , criticism of, –, exchange of, , , of economic theory, , , monetary, – synthetic a priori, gold. See bullion demonetization, , grain, , –, , , denarius. See coinage, denarius Gresham’s law, –, , –, denarius communis, – assumptions of, Dio, Cassius, effects of, logic of, economic growth, –, , , , – economic rationality, , , , , historicism, , , and neo-liberalism, homo economicus. See economic rationality, homo compared to bounded rationality, economicus compared to purposefulness, household economy, , , homo economicus, , in Roman Egypt, – ideal types, –, –, , , of Tiberius, and Gresham’s law, economics and mentality, , Austrian, –, –, , , , – and purposefulness, , , cliometrics, , , , , –, , , and stages of production, –, , economic theory as, Keynesian, , , heuristic use of, , –, monetarist, , , , , peasant mode of production, neoclassical, –, –, , , , , –, inductivism, , –, , –, , , inflation, , –, –, –, new institutional, –, , , , , , infrastructure, , , , economics imperialism, , , –, , Egypt, , –, , , jewelry, , , – closed currency system of, estate management in, Keynesian economics. See economics, Keynesian inflation in, predation in, land, , , , – wages in, law embedding contexts, , , , , commercial, and incentives, economic, , , and monetary value, , , legal tender. See legal tender and rationality, monetary, – as bounding economic theory, , –, of exchange, definition of, – of Julius Caesar, , empiricism, , –, rule of,
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legal tender, –, –, limits of, loans. See credit quantification of, size of, markets moneylending. See credit black, monopoly, , integration of, , , , , , abuses of, local, on money, , , supervision of, – on money production, Marx, Karl, , –, , , motivated reasoning, Marxism, , , Menger, Carl, –, , Nero, , , , , , metallism, , , , , – distributions to favorites, mentality of, –, , – monetary reform of, , , , naïve, , new economic history. See economics, methodological dualism, , –, –, , cliometrics methodological individualism, , , , , Octavian. See Augustus officials, , –, methodological monism, –, , abuses of, –, See predation military, , , , and economic regulation, payments, , , , veterans, , – patrimony, , – mining, , patronage, , –, , , Mises, Ludwig von, , , , perfect rationality. See economic rationality on Gresham’s law, Polanyi, Karl, –, , , , , on ideal types, Popper, Karl, –, on methodological individualism, post-Keynesianism. See economics, Keynesian on rationality, – postmodernism, , , , modern monetary theory. See chartalism predation, , , modernism, , , , prices, , , , –, and metallism, of land, and new institutional economics, –, – real, , and rationality, regulation of, rhetoric of, – stability of, monetary policy, , , , , primitivism, , , , , , , –, monetization, –, , –, and economic complexity, and monetary distribution, and new institutional economics, embeddedness of, decline of, in Egypt, pessimism of, money production, accounting unit, –, , , , , mass, – modes of, demand, , , –, of coinage, , – exchange rates, , –, , , – of grain, general-purpose, , of land, neutrality, –, , stages of, quality, , –, , , , structure of, –, special-purpose, , propaganda, , , value, property, , , money supply, , –, –, , confiscation of, and monetarism, confiscations of, changes in, –, , purchases of, control of, purposeful rationality, heterogeneity of, , and money neutrality, homogeneity of, as a priori, ,
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compared to economic rationality, status, , , –, definition of, – display of, , of Tiberius, substantivism, –, –, purposefulness. See purposeful rationality naïve, Sulpicii, quantity theory of money, , –, , Tacitus, , , –, criticism of, , , taxation, , logic of, and monetary value, , –, , as a transaction cost, rational choice. See economic rationality as stimulation for trade, rationality, – Tiberius, , real estate. See land credit crisis under, , , –, , reciprocity, , , , , , trade, , , redistribution, , –, and taxes, after Actium, , – in luxury goods, and monetization, intensification of, and money neutrality, long-distance, and social capital, of precious metals, dominance of, scale of, of coinage, , stigmas against, political, transaction costs, , , , , to imperial favorites, and Gresham’s law, –, to legitimize rule, , and money, religion definition of, – and coin hoarding, quantitfication of, and money, state reduction of, in Egypt, tribute. See taxation rationality of, , Res Gestae. See Augustus, Res Gestae understanding, , , , – risk, , , and counterfactuals, and methodological dualism, – sacrifice, , , , and methodological individualism, scarcity, , , and new institutional economics, Scheidel, Walter, , and purposefulness, , against chartalism, as an aim of economic theory, , , – on economic theory, , , on predation, value silver. See bullion exchange-value, , , , social capital, , , , use-value, , , , soldiers. See military Verstehen. See understanding state, the, , –, , and bullion values, Weber, Max, , , , , –, –, and coin production, on economic theory, and debasement, – on Gresham’s law, and Gresham’s law, –, – on methodological individualism, and monetary redistribution, on money, , and monetary value, , on politically-oriented capitalism, and money production, , – on rationality, and new institutional economics, – wheat. See grain dominance of, statistics, , , , , , Zweckrationalität. See purposeful rationality
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