<P> The Incan economy has been described in contradictory ways by scholars : as `` feudal , slave , socialist ( here one may choose between socialist paradise or socialist tyranny ) '' . The Inca empire functioned largely without money and without markets . Instead , exchange of goods and services was based on reciprocity between individuals and among individuals , groups , and Inca rulers . `` Taxes '' consisted of a labor obligation of a person to the Empire . The Inca rulers ( who theoretically owned all the means of production ) reciprocated by granting access to land and goods and providing food and drink in celebratory feasts for their subjects . </P>
<P> The Incan economy has been described in contradictory ways by scholars : as `` feudal , slave , socialist ( here one may choose between socialist paradise or socialist tyranny ) '' . The Inca empire functioned largely without money and without markets . Instead , exchange of goods and services was based on reciprocity between individuals and among individuals , groups , and Inca rulers . `` Taxes '' consisted of a labor obligation of a person to the Empire . The Inca rulers ( who theoretically owned all the means of production ) reciprocated by granting access to land and goods and providing food and drink in celebratory feasts for their subjects . </P>
who controlled the economy of the incan empire
who controlled the economy of the incan empire
Inca rulers
Inca rulers