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“These two authors started their work as agrarian historians. So, whereas traditionally, the Golden Age was seen as the product of international trade, these two authors also look at agriculture and industry as sources of growth. And I think it’s fair to say that this is now the standard opinion among economic historians. The Golden Age was not the result of trade only, but of much broader processes that integrated developments in agriculture, industry, as well as trade into a very successful economy.” Read more...
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Maarten Prak, Historian
