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 | The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century by Roger E. Backhouse Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-691-09626-0 / 0691096260 ISBN-13: 978-0-691-09626-1 / 9780691096261 In some of Western culture's earliest writings, Hesiod defined the basic economic problem as one of scarce resources, a view still held by most economists. Diocletian tried to save the falling Roman Empire with wage and price fixes--a strategy that has not gone entirely out of style. And just as | |