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97. The Polymath by Waqas Ahmed

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The Polymath

When you look at which countries have made the most scientists in history, why is it focused on Western Europe? I don't know enough about economics, but my sense is that a lot of that is to do with the money. Spain literally had incredible quantities of gold and silver coming from a new continent covered in gold and silver. And somehow they managed to squander it,. You know, somehow it's still not a particularly rich country.

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