A review by gracecrandall
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel

challenging funny informative slow-paced

4.5

Thought-provoking, and really helpful for thinking on a large scale when developing fantasy and sci-fi worldbuilding. Also very dry, a little hard to follow, and it has such a macro overview that it's hard to ground myself in what it's talking about. Great read, all told.