The Maritime Mode of Production in relation to self-sufficiency, reciprocity, and comparative advantages

• Autores: Johan Ling
• Localización: Presenting Counterpoints to the Dominant Terrestrial Narrative of European Prehistory / coord. por John T. Koch, Mikael Fauvelle, Barry Cunliffe, Johan Ling, 2025, ISBN 9798888571859, págs. 109-114
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Maritime Mode of Production (MMP) constitutes an important theoretical mode for the programme Maritime Encounters and is exemplified in several contributions to this volume. The dialectics between the political economy and the domestic economy are key components of this theory. However, other aspects of this model, such as self-sufficiency, reciprocity, and comparative advantages, require closer examination. Cross-cultural considerations of these can be made at three levels of integration: the family, the community, and the regional polity.The Scandinavian Bronze Age case offers an intriguing illustration of farm independence and local and regional investments in maritime technology that involved long distance metal trading in this environment. To what degree was self-sufficiency maintained at household, community, and regional levels of economic integration in this system? what impact did the law of comparative advantage, particularly as it related to transportation technology, have on self-sufficiency? What impact did domestic vs. political economies have on self-sufficiency at three degrees of integration indicated above?