Mercantile trade creates a middle class, while extraction produces mismanagement and wealth inequality.
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Wealth Inequality
Mercantile trade creates a middle class, while extraction produces mismanagement and wealth inequality.
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"Second is finances, okay? So historically, Jews have these financial networks all across Europe. And so if you need a lot of money to..."
"...lead to mismanagement and this will lead to a lot of wealth inequality. And that was the issue facing Spain. But if you focus..."
"...China into its system. But because of that, it was causing wealth inequality in China. And that's why the Ming Dynasty will shut down..."
"...in IBC. We know there are classes. We know there is wealth inequality. But,"
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