VoxTalks Economics

VoxTalks Economics


S6 Ep17: American precious metals and the rise of the West

May 12, 2023

Between the 16th and 18th centuries, at least 180,000 tons of silver and around 4,000 tons of gold were extracted from the Americas and transported to Europe. How much of western Europes economic transformation can be attributed to this windfall? Yao Che