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Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way

Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way

Unfortunately for the Romans, high tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic woes.

04.04.2025 20

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Peter Edwell

Skyrocketing prices are an age-old problem. Here’s how Roman emperors battled runaway inflation

Therefore, who would not know that effrontery hijacks the public interest? […] It ratchets up the prices of things for sale, not fourfold or...

29.12.2024 3

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Peter Edwell