Governmental Forms and Economic Development: From Medieval to Modern Times

This book investigates the performance of economic development under different forms of government, ranging from auratic states to liberal democracies. Starting with a critical review of the literature on social and economic development, including the works of Frank Knight, Max Weber, Joseph Schumpeter and Peter Drucker, it offers a historical analysis of the expansion of markets, cities and trade in medieval Europe, and the monopolization of trade by the emerging European nation states. Th...