Protoeconomics - Elements of Economics in Antiquity

Abstract

Subject and purpose of work: The work presents the emergence and shaping of basic economic issues since the dawn of human economic activity. Contemporary views on important economic issues have their roots in antiquity. The shaping of concepts such as money, interest, contract, credit as a part of the law, began a long time ago and exerted an influence on the way they are understood today.

Keywords

• ethics in economics
• debts
• money
• fair exchange
• development of law