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The Mycenaean palace economy centralized food in the palace and redistributed it to artisans making trade goods, producing a simple but effective command economy.
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The Mycenaean palace economy centralized food in the palace and redistributed it to artisans making trade goods, producing a simple but effective command economy.
"...textiles for trade purposes. Okay? So, it was a control and command economy. Center of the palace. Okay? This is what the palace looks..."
"...Right? Because think of communism. Think of Marxism. Think of a command economy where, because there's so little food, because there's food scarcity, there's..."
"...for food the government can now step in and create a command economy just like just like what they did 1930s right roosevelt's new..."
"system, not a capitalist system, even though it was a command economy rather than democracy, people worked really hard because they thought that by..."
Bronze begins as a weapon, becomes status, hardens into currency, and then teaches the world the dangerous rhythm of capital: rapid growth, total interconnection, elite consolidation, and sudden collapse.
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