The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeCollins, 1987 - 698 pagina's This text explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity. |
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Pagina 92
... interest , as much as the burning flame of patriotic zeal , might well determine his support or his coolness towards the prolongation of a particular campaign . There were local communities for whom the war continued to be a disaster ...
... interest , as much as the burning flame of patriotic zeal , might well determine his support or his coolness towards the prolongation of a particular campaign . There were local communities for whom the war continued to be a disaster ...
Pagina 337
... interest asked of it , the practice of monopolies , arch - listig ( super - wily ) contracts , smuggling , tax evasion , and the deliberate incurring of ruinous debt and fugitive bankruptcy ( the last distinguished from unfortunate ...
... interest asked of it , the practice of monopolies , arch - listig ( super - wily ) contracts , smuggling , tax evasion , and the deliberate incurring of ruinous debt and fugitive bankruptcy ( the last distinguished from unfortunate ...
Pagina 349
... interest rates in public stock so low - rarely fluctuating much beyond three and five percent and capital so fecund , there was an evident need for short - term investments with higher yields . And the brokers provided for many clients ...
... interest rates in public stock so low - rarely fluctuating much beyond three and five percent and capital so fecund , there was an evident need for short - term investments with higher yields . And the brokers provided for many clients ...
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