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The Age of Exploration was, at its commercial core, a sustained attempt to cut out the middleman. It mostly worked, though not in ways the original investors an…
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# Habsburg Spain and the Price Revolution — When Silver Becomes a Poison
The Spanish Empire at its peak in the sixteenth century controlled more silver than a…
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# The Spanish Silver Real — First Global Currency
In 1545, Spanish conquistadors discovered a mountain in modern-day Bolivia so rich in silver it seemed impos…
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