Recent work on Ancient Greece sheds light on the origins of money and its effects on economy and society. This review essay analyses such work and relates it to themes familiar to economists. It examines monetary functions in the heroic world and the effects of introducing coinage in Classical...

Despite recent advances, economic methodology has found it difficult to transcend certain positivist premises and concerns. The authors argue that developments in philosophy and social theory under the heading of critical realism are particularly significant with respect to overcoming these...