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Ancient Rome Used High Tariffs to Raise Money Too – and Created Other Economic Problems Along the Way
As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens demanded increasing amounts of luxury items, especially ...
What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs
What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs - ANALYSIS: When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they ...
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.
A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...
What Ancient Roman Entrepreneurs Can Teach Today's Founders About Survival and Long-Term Success
The rise and fall of the publicani of the Roman Empire offers valuable lessons on scalability, adaptability, financial ...
The Print10d
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too—and created economic problems
Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.
The Independent10d
What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs
As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome, it all feels a shade familiar. In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments ...
The Conversation12d
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Tariffs are back in the headlines this week, with United States President Donald Trump introducing sweeping new tariffs of at ...
Yahoo News Australia12d
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome, it all feels a shade familiar. In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments ...