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Trade-oriented economic organization that Jiang contrasts with Spanish extraction and credits with building a middle class.
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mercantile trade
Trade-oriented economic organization that Jiang contrasts with Spanish extraction and credits with building a middle class.
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Mercantile trade creates a middle class, while extraction produces mismanagement and wealth inequality.
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"...concerned about extracting resources. Whereas the Dutch was just focused on mercantile trade. And this is important because if all"
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"...that was the issue facing Spain. But if you focus on mercantile trade, then you can create a middle class, which is what happened..."
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"...differences in the economy. The northern part will focus mostly on mercantile trade. The southern part will focus mostly on agriculture. To support the..."
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The Dutch Golden Age begins with a poisoned Spanish windfall and ends with Vermeer exposing cracks in the respectable household.
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