Institutions and European Trade: Merchant Guilds, 1000-1800, Paperback/Sheilagh Ogilvie - Cambridge University Press

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What was the role of Merchant Guilds in the medieval and early modern economy? Does their wide prevalence and long survival mean they were efficient Institutions that benefited the whole economy? Or did Merchant Guilds simply offer an effective way for the rich and powerful to increase their wealth, at the expense of outsiders, customers and society as a whole? These privileged associations of businessmen were key Institutions in the European economy from 1000 to 1800.
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What was the role of Merchant Guilds in the medieval and early modern economy? Does their wide prevalence and long survival mean they were efficient Institutions that benefited the whole economy? Or did Merchant Guilds simply offer an effective way for the rich and powerful to increase their wealth, at the expense of outsiders, customers and society as a whole? These privileged associations of businessmen were key Institutions in the European economy from 1000 to 1800