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Greece: Ancient Greece

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The Ancient Greek miracle is the synthesis of institutionally constrained free citizens seeking for their personal improvement within a democratically evolving law structure which guarantees public interest and social justice.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

    Michel S. Zouboulakis

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    Jürgen Backhaus

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Zouboulakis, M.S. (2014). Greece: Ancient Greece. In: Backhaus, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_45-1

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