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Ancient and modern

Xenophon's answer to a budget crisis – more non-doms!

His proposals were guaranteed to annoy the Ancient Greek equivalent of Ukip

17 May 2014

9:00 AM

17 May 2014

9:00 AM

Nearly half of Britain’s billionaires are foreigners, and government hopes many more will now come in on the government ‘start business — get passport’ scheme. Someone has obviously been reading Xenophon.

In the 350s BC Athens was in serious financial trouble. In his Poroi (‘Revenues’), Xenophon, a soldier and essayist, sketched out a plan to restore Athens’ fortunes.

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