Observes that there has been a renewal of interest in the co‐operative form of business in the UK as a method of working in times of rapid economic change. Notes that co‐operative development agencies, which were established in the 1980s as a means of assisting co‐operative growth and...

This thesis aims to contribute to an explanation of how the development of political institutions is influenced by the costs of information and exchange across society in a pre-modern context. The Byzantine Empire in the twelfth century presents an apparent paradox of an expanding economy...