The topic of our conference is “political capitalism”, a special variant of capitalism that has been highlighted first by Max Weber (1905, 1922). It refers to capitalism in distribution sphere before the advent of market capitalism in production sphere in the nineteenth century. Political capitalism describes profit-making or rent seeking through non-market channels. It was prevalent during the Roman and Chinese empires during wartime and in the Middle Ages, however, rent seeking through political channels is not limited to Antiquity or Middle Ages. It existed before the advent of market capitalism, but it also developed after the rise of modern capitalism. Different non-market channels include not only the state, political parties and groups, or political figures but also religious and military organizations. The influencers comprise a wide range of power centers that can exercise organized and coercive supra economic force.