From Roman denarii to Weimar marks to 1970s dollars, people respond to currency debasement with identical patterns of hoarding, blame, and distrust. Our current inflation anxiety isn't about economics—it's about human psychology running its oldest script.
Mar 16, 2026
The gig economy didn't invent financial hustle — it just gave it a app. From Babylonian clay tablets to Roman legions moonlighting as landlords, humans have always cobbled together income streams to stay afloat. Your Uber shift after your day job would have made perfect sense to a Mesopotamian merchant.
Mar 13, 2026
The specific feeling that you did everything right and the math still doesn't work out is not a product of modern capitalism. Historians can find it in Han Dynasty China, in Weimar Germany, and in 1890s America with enough precision to make you wonder if economic anxiety has its own recurring season. More usefully, the record also shows which responses actually helped.
Mar 13, 2026