Thursday, September 5, 2013

KHALDUN WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE SUPPLY SIDE - NYTimes.com

KHALDUN WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE SUPPLY SIDE - NYTimes.com

Amplifying variety: "At a later stage, says Ibn Khaldun, when these natural bonds dissolved into competition for favors and for invidious luxurious consumption, the ruler increased taxes to enlarge his police and army and his power to augment the wealth of those who might sustain his rule."