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Don’t Use Rome as a Model of Why Societies Collapse; Use Crime Syndicates and Somalia Instead

History Unplugged Podcast

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Why Rome Collapsed: Diminishing Returns on Extraction

Scott asks about the fall of the Western Roman Empire and Kemp attributes it to rising inequality, elite factionalism, corruption, and diminishing returns on extraction.

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