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Although Spanish trade acquired valuable goods and generated liquidity, its benefits did not structurally advantage Spain as a whole.
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“the Spanish are buying goods with value, with a sense of liquidity and the real benefit from that is not something that's structurally to the advantage of the country as a whole.”Play from 1:02:07Report a misattribution
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