Michael Jursa | Economic Growth and Growing Inequality in Times of Empire

submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures on 10/06/18 1

Presented by Michael Jursa, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Vienna, Corresponding Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Economic Growth and Growing Inequality in Times of Empire: The Babylonian Economy in the Sixth Century BCE In the first half of the sixth century BCE, Babylonia experienced rapid economic development and increasing prosperity. The lecture explores the causes that led to this ‘golden interval,’ as J. Maynard Keynes termed such rare breaks in the (supposed) monotony of pre-industrial economic development. Chicago knows there is ‘no such thing as a free lunch,’ so the talk also looks at how the changes in the Babylonian empire’s core are reflected in its periphery, and it investigates the consequences of increasing prosperity for social cohesion in Babylonia. Our lectures are free and available to the public thanks to the generous support of our members. To become a member, please visit: bit.ly/2AWGgF7

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