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15 Apr 2026 Conversations with Tyler Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent
“In a way, the debate about these issues is, I think, probably ancient historians’ discomfort with the idea of the modern notion of futures as applied to an ancient world.”
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…It’s both. Loans and forward markets can be isomorphic, right? Exactly. They can. That’s true. In a way, the debate about these issues is, I think, probably ancient historians’ discomfort with the idea of the modern notion of futures as applied to an ancient world. For you, what is the biggest puzzle about the Roman economy?…
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