Economic Reasons for the Fall of Rome

Lessons From Rome
 Support a legal system and protect property rights
 Protect the rights of the citizens
 Think your home, car, or the courts (add your own)
 Provide Public Goods
 Shareable and not excludable
 Think roads, military protection (add your own)
 Maintain competition in the markets
 Free trade, business can use profit the way they want
 Think reinvest in their own business (add your own)
 Redistribute income through tax collection
 Bread and circuses (free food and gladiator games)
 Think food stamps, grants for college (add your own)