Author : Thomas Flichy
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291097333
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Financial crises and renewal of empires by : Thomas Flichy
Download or read book Financial crises and renewal of empires written by Thomas Flichy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial crises, which are currently perceived as the dark side of economic cycles, also represent one of the most obvious remedies to the decline of empires. Paradoxically, far-ranging economic crises have not necessarily accelerated the downfall of civilizations. The times of economic crises, whose apparent calamities weaken the Empires, can prove periods of renewal. In Hellenistic Greece and early modern Venice, the economic difficulties have not been sharp enough to favour the emergence of a new elite capable of slowing down the decline of the Empires. In Rome and Byzantium on the reverse, the spectacular financial crises have spawned the emergence of a new military elite. This new-born aristocracy, spared from nihilism thanks to its culture of realities and devoted to the protection of life, has skilfully exploited the difficulties generated by the crisis, thus enabling the renaissance of Empires.