Post by vinlander on Aug 26, 2021 14:08:44 GMT
Auguste Balls will submit a treatise on which he was labored concerning the effects of New World Wealth on the economy of France.
New luxuries are now available in Europe that heretofore were beyond the purses of many if they were available at all. Sugar, tobacco and precious metals have altered how Frenchmen live, for the better. At the same time, the wisdom of the French government in avoiding mass conquest and looting (the hallmark of the Spanish Empire) has allowed France to enjoy these things without the costs. This is especially true of the hidden costs of the Spanish system -- namely the sudden flow of wealth has made Spanish peasants and townspeople even lazier and shiftier than before. Louis XIII has established a trading arrangement with the American savages that finds the ideal position that allows the goods in while keeping their negative effects on the economy to a minimum Consequently, whereas the Spanish national character has suffered, the French imperial system actually strengthens the French national character at all social levels.
[OOC: Auguste Balls submits treatise to the Royal Academy. Plays aren't all he writes.]
New luxuries are now available in Europe that heretofore were beyond the purses of many if they were available at all. Sugar, tobacco and precious metals have altered how Frenchmen live, for the better. At the same time, the wisdom of the French government in avoiding mass conquest and looting (the hallmark of the Spanish Empire) has allowed France to enjoy these things without the costs. This is especially true of the hidden costs of the Spanish system -- namely the sudden flow of wealth has made Spanish peasants and townspeople even lazier and shiftier than before. Louis XIII has established a trading arrangement with the American savages that finds the ideal position that allows the goods in while keeping their negative effects on the economy to a minimum Consequently, whereas the Spanish national character has suffered, the French imperial system actually strengthens the French national character at all social levels.
[OOC: Auguste Balls submits treatise to the Royal Academy. Plays aren't all he writes.]
