happybirthdaygonzolo [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoA big short like movie but it’s rich people trying to sell their gold before it becomes massively devalued because of space mining.message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareA big short like movie but it’s rich people trying to sell their gold before it becomes massively devalued because of space mining.happybirthdaygonzolo [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareregul [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoQuestion for the history nerds: Did gold become massively devalued in Europe during the colonization of the Americas?
minus-squareMoreAmphibians [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI know that silver from the new world was heavily used by Europe to buy goods from India and China. This was also how they got their foothold with the trading ports that were eventually used to conquer and colonize those places.
Question for the history nerds: Did gold become massively devalued in Europe during the colonization of the Americas?
I know that silver from the new world was heavily used by Europe to buy goods from India and China. This was also how they got their foothold with the trading ports that were eventually used to conquer and colonize those places.