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Greece: Ancient Greece

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The Ancient Greek miracle is the synthesis of institutionally constrained free citizens seeking for their personal improvement within a democratically evolving law structure which guarantees public interest and social justice.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

    Michel S. Zouboulakis

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  1. Michel S. Zouboulakis
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Correspondence to Michel S. Zouboulakis .

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  1. MRE and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Alain Marciano

  2. Faculté d’Economie, Université de Montpellier and LAMETA-UMR CNRS, Montpellier, France

    Alain Marciano

  3. DiGSPES, University of Eastern Piedmont, Alessandria, Italy

    Giovanni Battista Ramello

  4. IEL, Torino, Italy

    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Zouboulakis, M.S. (2019). Greece: Ancient Greece. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7753-2_45

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