A Tale of Two Theories: Monopolies and Craft Guilds in Medieval England and Modern Imagination

Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 217-242, 2001

26 Pages Posted: 18 Nov 2009

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Gary Richardson

University of California at Irvine; National Bureau of Economic Research

Date Written: 2001

Abstract

Guilds that manufactured merchandise in the later Middle Ages lacked legal monopolies over markets for manufactured merchandise.

Keywords: Guild, monopoly, rent seeking, medieval industry, monopolistic competition, Middle Ages, craft guilds

JEL Classification: N43, B14, B15, B21, B24, B25, B4, D2, D4, K2, L, N63, N83, O52

Suggested Citation

Richardson, Gary, A Tale of Two Theories: Monopolies and Craft Guilds in Medieval England and Modern Imagination (2001). Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 217-242, 2001 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1507322

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