What can we learn from the fall of Rome?
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The Imperial Lifecycle
The Roman Empire's period of maximum prosperity is actually the fourth century. The decline today is a relative decline, and it doesn't have to lead to a fall. In the Roman case, there really was no choice as Peter has established. It was a steady state economy. If you wanted to get rich, somebody else had to get poor. We say make the wrong choices, and there could be fall. And we're suggesting that different choices need to be made.
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