Ways and Means
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Ways and Means is a short economic and political treatise by Xenophon that proposes practical financial and administrative reforms to strengthen Athens.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ways and Means canonical | 2 |
| Ways and Means for Raising Money | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T606674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ways and Means Context triple: [Xenophon, notableWork, Ways and Means]
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A.
Treasury
The Treasury is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and overseeing public finance, economic policy, and taxation.
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B.
Committee on Finance
The Committee on Finance is a key standing committee of the Chicago City Council responsible for overseeing the city’s financial matters, including budgets, taxation, and fiscal policy.
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C.
Board of Treasury
The Board of Treasury was an early administrative body of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation responsible for managing national finances before the creation of the modern Treasury Department.
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D.
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
The Joint Economic Committee of Congress is a bipartisan, bicameral congressional committee that analyzes economic conditions and advises Congress on economic policy.
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E.
Committee on Budget and Finance
The Committee on Budget and Finance is a subsidiary expert body of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court that oversees and advises on the Court’s budgetary and financial matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ways and Means Target entity description: Ways and Means is a short economic and political treatise by Xenophon that proposes practical financial and administrative reforms to strengthen Athens.
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A.
Treasury
The Treasury is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and overseeing public finance, economic policy, and taxation.
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B.
Committee on Finance
The Committee on Finance is a key standing committee of the Chicago City Council responsible for overseeing the city’s financial matters, including budgets, taxation, and fiscal policy.
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C.
Board of Treasury
The Board of Treasury was an early administrative body of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation responsible for managing national finances before the creation of the modern Treasury Department.
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D.
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
The Joint Economic Committee of Congress is a bipartisan, bicameral congressional committee that analyzes economic conditions and advises Congress on economic policy.
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E.
Committee on Budget and Finance
The Committee on Budget and Finance is a subsidiary expert body of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court that oversees and advises on the Court’s budgetary and financial matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic treatise
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political treatise ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| addresses |
Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia)
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surface form:
Athenian Assembly
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| aimsTo |
improve economic prosperity of Athens
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increase public revenue without new taxes ⓘ |
| author | Xenophon ⓘ |
| concernedWith | peace-time economy ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | war-based revenue ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| discusses |
Mint of Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Laurion silver mines
attracting foreign merchants ⓘ commercial policy ⓘ harbor revenues ⓘ metoikoi (resident foreigners) ⓘ state-owned slaves in the silver mines ⓘ |
| focusesOn | strengthening Athens ⓘ |
| genre |
political economy
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
economic self-sufficiency of the polis
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efficient public administration ⓘ non-coercive revenue generation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Athenian imperial experience ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short prose treatise ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Athenian economic policy
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Athenian public finance ⓘ administrative reform ⓘ public revenue ⓘ state finance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Poroi ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | classical Greek political thought ⓘ |
| proposes |
developing Athens as a commercial center
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encouraging immigration of skilled foreigners ⓘ improving port facilities at Piraeus ⓘ practical administrative reforms ⓘ practical financial reforms ⓘ state management of certain economic activities ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hellenica
ⓘ
Oeconomicus ⓘ |
| setting | Athens ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| tone | practical ⓘ |
| workOf | Xenophon ⓘ |
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Subject: Ways and Means Description of subject: Ways and Means is a short economic and political treatise by Xenophon that proposes practical financial and administrative reforms to strengthen Athens.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Essay on Ways and Means for Raising Money for the Support of the Present War
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workTitleContains
→
Ways and Means
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this entity surface form:
Ways and Means for Raising Money