9781108476386-1108476384-The Price of Bread: Regulating the Market in the Dutch Republic (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series)

The Price of Bread: Regulating the Market in the Dutch Republic (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series)

ISBN-13: 9781108476386
ISBN-10: 1108476384
Author: Jan De Vries
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 534 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781108476386
ISBN-10: 1108476384
Author: Jan De Vries
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 534 pages

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The Price of Bread: Regulating the Market in the Dutch Republic (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series) (ISBN-13: 9781108476386 and ISBN-10: 1108476384), written by authors Jan De Vries, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Economic History (Economics, Industries) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Price of Bread: Regulating the Market in the Dutch Republic (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Economic History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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A prime contemporary concern - how to maintain fair market relations - is addressed through this study of the regulation of bread prices. This was the single most important economic reality of Europe's daily life in the early modern period. Jan de Vries uses the Dutch Republic as a case study of how the market functioned and how the regulatory system evolved and acted. The ways in which consumer behaviour adapted to these structures, and the state interacted with producers and consumers in the pursuit of its own interests, had major implications for the measurement of living standards in this period. The long-term consequences of the Dutch state's interventions reveal how capitalist economies, far from being the outcome of unfettered market economics, are inextricably linked with regulatory fiscal regimes. The humble loaf serves as a prism through which to explore major developments in early modern European society and how public market regulation affected private economic life.

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