WAR AND GOLD

In the sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors discovered the New World. The vast quantities of gold and silver would make their co untry rich, yet the new wealth, which was plunged into multiple wars, would eventually lead to the economic ruin of their empire. He re, historian and politician Kwasi Kwarteng shows that this moment in world history has been echoed many times, from the French Revo lution to both World Wars, right up to the present day, when our own financial crisis saw many of our great nations slip into financ ial trou...[Read more]