... of the cultural context of the Roman economy. culture of growth discoveries economic growth proxies for innovation institutions inventions investigation investment Mokyr Joel morals Natural History Petty William profitability trade artisans farmers labor population of Roman Empire productivity...

.... There are two reasons why this argument is important. First, it brings the description of the Roman economy as a whole into accord with the fragmentary evidence about individual market transactions. Second, this synthetic view provides a platform on which to investigate further questions about the origins...

... to measure the Roman economy are flawed. By exploring Pliny's ideas about discovery, innovation, and growth, this book makes an important new contribution to the ongoing debate about economic growth in ancient Rome....

...In recent years, debate has started to explore the tensions between global and local aspects of the Roman economic world. This chapter argues that the Roman economy is not only best understood as an agglomeration of globalized regional economies but that we can also define a series of major...

... Empire Greenland lead flux measurements Roman economy economic growth Pliny Natural History keith hopkins in a seminal article, “Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 BC–AD 400),” presented a structural argument for modest growth in the Roman economy, corroborated by proxies implying...

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... to ancient Rome's prosperity. The book argues that markets dominated the Roman economy. It traces how the Pax Romana encouraged trade around the Mediterranean, and how Roman law promoted commerce and banking. It further shows that a reasonably vibrant market for wheat extended throughout the empire...

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... thinking Roman Empire economic growth Roman economy Adam Smith Roman rule natural resources humans’ standard of living depends fundamentally on our relationship with Nature as a source for energy and for material resources animate and inanimate. It follows that improvement in the standard...

...This chapter draws together the implications of the previous chapters in order to investigate the size of the Roman economy at its maximum extent. If one takes Roman Italy as being comparable to the Netherlands in 1600, then the Roman Empire as a whole is comparable to Europe as a whole...