Anachronistic Economics: Grain Storage in Medieval England (original) (raw)

The Economic History Review, 1991

Richard Landes

Richard Landes

John Komlos

Abstract

McCloskey, that open-field agriculture was brought about by rational risk-averse farmers, to insure themselves against insufficient harvests. Scattering of fields meant that producers would be less likely to face starvation provided not all of the arable was subject to natural ...

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