... since the vulgar estimates of human prosperity are reckoned in terms of power and wealth, it thus often happens that the opening chapters of a society’s tragic decline are popularly hailed as the culminating chapters of a magnificent growth.
"The commonwealth was not yet lost in Tiberius's days, but it was already doomed and Rome knew it. The fundamental trouble could not be cured. In Italy, labor could not support life..." - Vladimir Simkhovitch, "Rome's Fall Reconsidered"
Saturday, June 1, 2019
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I'm not a fan of "diagrams" in economics, but sometimes... This is a screen capture of slide 36 from a SlideShare presentatio...
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JW Mason : "... in retrospect it is clear that we should have been talking about big new public spending programs to boost demand....
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