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I am only 1/3 through with the book, which does pay attention to institutional rigidies, despite what the reviewer says. City size does seem to be a useful metric for ancient societies because it takes a considerable organization to maintain a large city. Think of Rome's great sewers and acquaducts. Today, the technology for managing Lagos is well known. In ancient times it was not. The reviewer took an interesting book, ran it through a neo-classical sausage machine and found it wanting. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
