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Economic Experiments in Extremism

The Economic History Podcast

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Is the Spanish Inquisition a Threat to the Economy?

The spanish inquisition lasts for more than 300 years, from the late fifteenth century to the early nineteenth century. It has a regionally differential impact the regions spain that it barely touches an other areas where it's very active. The data isn't great, but for what we can say and tell, the exact opposite is true. They go to stat are less religious, which a sort of their mission. Statemen write, theyre trying to find heretics and stamp out heresy. And you know who you go after? R you go after the rich people, because that's where the money is.

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