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Diocletian, the Roman Empire, and Forever Failing Price Controls

08 Aug 2025 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economic history, economics of regulation, history of economic thought Tags: price controls, Roman empire

By Tarnell Brown. At EconLog.”The Roman Empire was in trouble. During the fifty-plus years known as the Crisis of the Third Century (235-284 AD), the throne of Rome changed some 26 times, with the Roman Army engaging in a steady diet of crowning and removing claimants to the throne. These autocrats, known as “barracks emperors,”…
Diocletian, the Roman Empire, and Forever Failing Price Controls

Must be a lot of them about

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Roman engineering

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by Jim Rose in economic history Tags: Roman empire

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D-day’s secret weapon: How wetland science stopped Normandy landings from getting bogged down

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by Jim Rose in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: D-Day, Roman empire, World War II

Beneath the roar of gunfire and the chaos of D-day, an unlikely hero played a vital role—wetland science, says Christian Dunn (via Phys.org). Often overlooked amid military strategies and troop movements, the study of mud proved critical to the success of the largest amphibious invasion in history. Much has been written about the events of […]
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Roads over the centuries

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Roman engineers were so smart

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What have the Romans ever done for us?

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Ten Minute English and British History #02 – Late Roman Britain

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Ancient Rome’s Sanitation System: Centuries Ahead of It’s Time

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