Friday, January 31, 2025

Babylonian Inflation

 From Matt Parlmer on X 


Apparently there were cuneiform spreadsheets

To which Lyman Stone points out that because there are so many cuneiform records for ancient Babylon, economists can calculate the rate of inflation for its version of the Consumer Price Index for a thousand years.
https://x.com/mattparlmer/status/1885049428853350594

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