Did the Incas have a communist-like economy?

Despite not having a written language, wheels, draft animals, or ironworking, the Inca managed to build the largest pre-Columbian empire in the .... read more

As far as most Incas were concerned, any change was for the better. “Current communist type of economy” is a little hard to address. The communist party controls the government who has control over the “means of production”. read more

economy in the inca empire of peru The main resources available to the Inca Empire were agricultural land and labour, mines (producing precious and prestigious metals such as gold, silver or copper), and fresh water, abundant everywhere except along the desert coast. read more

The Incas had a centrally planned economy, perhaps the most successful ever seen. Its success was in the efficient management of labor and the administration of resources they collected as tribute. Collective labor was the base for economic productivity and for the creation of social wealth in the Inca society. read more