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Roman Macroeconomics
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This final section brings together my thoughts and speculations on the implications of the preceding chapters on individual markets. When I began working on Roman economics, I did not think there was enough information to deal with macroeconomic questions of economic growth and the size of the economy. I still believe that the shortage of information makes these questions difficult and elusive. I hope that readers who have followed me so far in my intellectual journey will be encouraged to stay along for thoughts and speculations about what all the market activity of the Roman Empire meant for ordinary Romans....
Title: Roman Macroeconomics
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This final section brings together my thoughts and speculations on the implications of the preceding chapters on individual markets.
When I began working on Roman economics, I did not think there was enough information to deal with macroeconomic questions of economic growth and the size of the economy.
I still believe that the shortage of information makes these questions difficult and elusive.
I hope that readers who have followed me so far in my intellectual journey will be encouraged to stay along for thoughts and speculations about what all the market activity of the Roman Empire meant for ordinary Romans.
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