Income inequality is greater today than it was in the Roman Empire

The Roman Empire finally collapsed, and humanity entered the "Dark Ages". What will follow today's society? Repost from persquaremile.com: Over the last 30 years, wealth in the United States has been steadily concentrating in the upper economic echelons. Whereas the top 1 percent used to control a little over 30 percent of the wealth,... Read...

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Greater productivity, and the eight-hour day

I received a comment from one of my readers in yesterday's post, asking me to translate in English some of my older articles about the monetary system and gold (i have been blogging in Greek for 5 years now). However, before we get there, we must first explore some issues that are much more important, despite the fact that they are... Read...

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