Forgotten Fortunes Editorial · Article Discussion
Read the original research: How Potosí Silver Helped Bankrupt the Spanish Empire
Story overview: Potosí poured extraordinary quantities of silver into the Spanish Empire. But instead of eliminating financial pressure, that wealth helped finance bigger wars, deeper borrowing and repeated sovereign debt crises.
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