%0 Journal Article %T Review of The Invention of Enterprise %A Michael E. Marotta %J Libertarian Papers %D 2011 %I Ludwig von Mises Institute %X The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times, David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, and William J. Baumol, eds., Princeton University Press, 2010, is a dense anthology that provides an ˇ°orbital viewˇ± of the history of trade and commerce. The essays encompass several theoretic frameworks while following three themes: the creation of enterprises; the distinctions between creative and corrosive capitalism; and the societies that engender those different modes. %K libertarianism %K commerce %U http://libertarianpapers.org/2011/15-marotta-review-of-the-invention-of-enterprise/