Economy Inca Empire

illustration of inca farmers using chakitaqlla (andean foot plough)

the inca empire employed central planning. inca empire traded outside regions, although did not operate substantial internal market economy. while axe-monies used along northern coast, presumably provincial mindaláe trading class, households in empire lived in traditional economy in households required pay taxes, in form of mit corvée labor, , military obligations, though barter (or trueque) present in areas. in return, state provided security, food in times of hardship through supply of emergency resources, agricultural projects (e.g. aqueducts , terraces) increase productivity , occasional feasts. economy rested on material foundations of vertical archipelago, system of ecological complementarity in accessing resources , cultural foundation of ayni, or reciprocal exchange.