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II The ideology of lending and borrowing
The case against Stephanus
Interest and the early credit mechanism
III Borrowing and repayment
The ingratitude of Nicostratus
The demand for credit: pressure of circumstances
The demand for credit: prestige expenditure
The predicament of Aristarchus
Poverty and the problem of repayment
Borrowing by the Athenian elite
Politics and the possibility of repayment
Moerocles and the metaphor of interest
Interest theory and the determinants of interest
Interest in the Athenian model
Reciprocity and friendship
VI Non-professional lending: loans without interest
The limits of family solidarity
Lending and borrowing within the family
Neighbours as lenders and borrowers
VII Non-professional lending: loans bearing interest
Miser, money-lender, borrower and thief
Loans at interest and patterns of property-holding
Lending by corporate institutions
VIII Professional money-lending
Money-lending and moral degradation
Professional money-lenders and maritime loans
Bankers, merchants and metics
I Recent work on the horoi
II Metic money-lenders and citizen agents
III Productive and non-productive credit
IV The rate of capitalization of land in Attica
V Foundations and lending at interest
VI Bank deposits, interest and the patrimony of Demosthenes
Lending and Borrowing in Ancient Athens
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