#History is key to understanding the future, and the Durants show us why.
In *The Story of Civilization*, they highlight how money—or the lack of it—shaped the rise and fall of empires.
Rome crumbled under debt and inflation; Spain’s wealth from the New World led to a spending spree that weakened it.
These lessons show that financial mismanagement can destroy even the mightiest nations.
Learning from the past helps us avoid repeating those costly mistakes in the future.