All Posts Tagged With: "Ancient Rome"
Are Profits Fit Only for Serfs and Slaves?
In their recent book, From Poverty to Prosperity, Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz relate that ancient Romans believed it honorable to gain wealth through battle and conquest, but dishonorable to profit by engaging in commerce. Such work was considered so demeaning that it was left to the children of freed slaves. Because of the associated [...]
29Jun2010 | Richard W. Fulmer | 6 comments | ContinuedHomeland Security Circa AD 285
Alexis de Tocqueville said that nothing is so threatening to individual liberty as extended war. Wars add to the relative power of the central government, and this change in the balance of power is accompanied by the decline of personal freedom. “A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat [...]
1Apr2003 | Harold B. Jones Jr. | 3 comments | ContinuedAncient Lessons
Mr. Maccaro practices law on Long Island, New York. The history of ancient Rome repeatedly demonstrates the connection between low taxes and prosperity. It also shows the connection between confiscatory taxes and political and social unrest. As the Roman empire expanded, so did the emperors’ appetites for revenue. Taxes reached the point that most people [...]
1Aug1996 | James A. Maccaro | 1 comment | ContinuedAmerica: An Adventure in Seven Live Ideas
Dr. Evans, professor, philosopher, poet, lecturer, died in 1954. This article is condensed from an unpublished manuscript. When our indomitable Founding Fathers crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern shores of the Western Hemisphere, they brought a cargo of five live ideas: • The Greek Idea: The Primacy of Reason • [...]
1Sep1956 | Edwin Barlow Evans | 1 comment | Continued-
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