Economics 315

Naples and Sorrento

Today we travel to Sorrento with an afternoon stop at Naples famed National Archaeological Museum, which houses many of the most interesting finds from Pompeii and Heculaneum.

Readings: Economics of Slavery in Ancient Rome

Fenoaltea, S., "Slavery and Supervision in Comparative Perspective: A Model," Journal of Economic History 1984

Findlay, R., "Slavery, Incentives, and Manumission: A Theoretical Model," Journal of Political Economy 1975

Jones, A., "Slavery in the Ancient World," Economic History Review 1956

Westermann, William L., "Industrial Slavery in Roman Italy," Journal of Economic History 1942