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Markets were an incredible innovation. So robust and efficient, they were also versatile, adapting to new trade routes on land and over water, and accommodating new currencies and other mediums of exchange. But the essential role of the marketplace, as a location to exchange goods and services for a common currency, has remained unchanged, up to the Renaissance.
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Keynes, John Maynard, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936 ). Many readers enjoy Keynes’ eloquent writing style, and his ability to describe complex economic phenomena in words rather than graphs and equations. His writings are remarkably relevant today.
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Read, C. (2009). The Post-Industrial Revolution and the Transforming Economies. In: Global Financial Meltdown. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230595187_3
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