Commentary
America’s financial mismanagement has gotten so bad that some say our country’s decline is now inevitable, drawing parallels to the Roman Empire’s collapse.
According to Roman historian Livy, the Roman Republic fell because of a degredation of moral character. “Capriccio with ruins of the Roman Forum,” circa 1634, by Claude Lorrain. Art Gallery of South Australia. Public Domain
E.J. Antoni, PhD is the is the Acting Director for the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, and Richard Aster Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
