Answer: Economic history is the academic study of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and institutions.
Explanation:
I would say that the best way to say it is that it is most concerned with the human: human rationality and search for pleasure and fulfillment, the way humans experience and find earthy pleasures and with the human psyche.
Answer:
If you are referring to the game Senet: Senet, means “passing” and had a religious significance – the aim of each player being to move their pieces around the board and avoiding hazards. Good luck was a blessing from the gods and the winner was the first to pass into the afterlife by getting all their pieces off the board.
Answer:
It can be disastrous or beneficial
Explanation:
If we look at a country such as China we can see how this works.
After Mao's death economic reforms were put in place to transform and modernize the Chinese economy. However parallel political reforms were not introduced.
This meant that the Chinese political elite, those in senior positions in the communist party, controlled the transformation of an economy where at the time, 1 in 5 of the world's population lived.
This gave them the potential, through corrupt practices, to amass vast fortunes. In this way corruption was extremely beneficial both financially and in gaining promotion through being part of a corrupt system.
However set against this was the periodic need, by the Chinese Communist party to be seen to be tackling this problem. If you happened to be an official caught up in such anti-corruption waves then it could mean stripped of all assets, imprisonment or even execution.
