Rules of exchange

by Alessandro Stanziani

"This book provides a new intellectual, economic and legal history of capitalism from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century"-- "The control of competition is designed, at best, to reconcile socioeconomic stability with innovation, and at worst, to keep competitors out of the market. In this respect, the nineteenth century was no more liberal than the eighteenth century. Even during the presumed liberal nineteenth century, legal regulation played a major role in the economy, and the industrial revolution was based on market institutions and organisations formed during the...