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bien, acaba de caer en mis manos. Además, tengo la "mala" costumbre de tener dos o tres libros comenzados, por lo que mi lectura es más bien "por entregas". Pero, por ejemplo, mirar esto. Da una idea del estilo del autor: "It should never be forgotten that this was how the British Empire began: in a maelstrom of seaborne violence and theft. It was not conceived by self-conscious imperialists, aiming to establish English rule over foreign lands, or colonists hoping to build a new life overseas. Morgan and his fellows "buccaneers" were thieves, trying to steal the proceeds of someone else's Empire." ........ "There was a political distinction too. The Spanish empire was an autocracy, governed from the centre.With his treasury overflowing with American silver, the King of Spain could credibly aspire to world domination. What else was that money for, but to enhance his glory? In England, by comparison, the power of the monarch never became absolute, it was always limited, first by the country's wealthy aristocracy and later by the two Houses of Parliament." ...... Otro de los análisis del autor expone que la introducción del "crédito" en las finanzas inglesas (procedente de Holanda, cuando los ingleses echaron a James II (era católico y escocés...) y pusieron al príncipe holandés William of Orange en el "trono") supuso a la larga la potencia económica necesaria para realizar grandes empresas (British Navy, por ejemplo). Los otros imperios, con sistemas financieros muy anticuados, tenían grandes dificultades para "colectar dinero" para financiar proyectos. Y así sigo... Saludos, Félix
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rookie EC2ALV "matar a un hombre no es protejer una idea (doctrina), si no matar a un hombre" Sebastian Castellio, Contra Libellum "The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government". Author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982) Editado por rookie en 30-06-2009 a las 10:07. |
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