Comparing the Roman and Han economies

[guy]

 

Here’s an interesting article showing the greater income inequality in the Han Dynasty than in the Roman Empire:

 

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They found that the average income for people living during the Roman Empire was approximately 2.25 times the subsistence minimum and 1.88 for those living during the Han Dynasty. They also found that the top 1% of Romans earned approximately 19% of total income, while the top 1% in Han earned approximately 26%.

 

 

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-economic-inequality-roman-empire-han.html#google_vignette

 

Here is the academic article:

 

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58581-0

Edited yesterday at 01:20 AM by guy