Comparing inequalities between the roman empire and the han dynasty

[Imperial Dave]

https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2025-04-economic-inequality-roman-empire-han.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17442904349352&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2025-04-economic-inequality-roman-empire-han.html

Hopefully of interest

[DBS]

Oh dear lord, I am getting flashbacks to the late Cold War Big Mac Index to try to compare wealth and expenditure in completely different economies...

[Jim Webster]

A friend of mine sent me the link, and it is interesting, but as you go into it, they've had to make an awful lot of assumptions

[nikgaukroger]

Or a lot of awful assumptions? 

[Imperial Dave]

One or two...