Roman Economy Problems

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The fall of the Roman Empire shattered Europe into what it is today. Europe has been a fragmented group of countries since. Today there are financial problems, the poorer countries want loans from the richer European countries in the European Union but never repay them back. Adding to that there is an Immigration problem of refugees in Syria crossing over to Germany. The economy isn’t just affecting their own countries, but also affect other countries based off exporting goods like China. China is back after a century of civil war, depression and more. There are is still a problem, however. The economy is based on exporting, meaning if Europe and America went into a financial depression they would go down with them. They also have a low growth rate, so if there was a disaster they might start to get a population and worker crisis. …show more content…

Japan has the longest estimated life span, but that means that most of their population can’t work. Its because of this Japan needs workers. Another problem of this overpopulation is that there is also a lack of housing. Japan also has the highest debt, but it’s not from other countries, but from their own people. Then, there is also the strange overpopulation in sub Saharan Africa. Ever since the empires of Europe took land and ruined the economy in sub Saharan Africa, they have stayed ruined, some have less than a dollar to live on a day and unemployment is high. There are tons of workers that could brought but they are uneducated, Schools are rare and Literacy is the worse. To add on to that the billions invested in Africa are causing inflation to skyrocket and making the problem worse than it was

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