Such a good lecture! On a minor side note ..."I don't know" is such an important answer to be willing to give. My esteem for a source rises whenever I hear it, and I almost never hear it.
a trading hub and suddently the invention of the contract between a group of financiers and an entrepreneur. A contract with a mission, money, and a deadline.
As were Genua and Venice slightly before that. But the point he makes and many historians before him, that the focal point of commerce shifted from northern Italy to the cities of Holland and Zeeland, via the cities of Flanders.
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That was very enlightening, especially the historical portions.
Such a good lecture! On a minor side note ..."I don't know" is such an important answer to be willing to give. My esteem for a source rises whenever I hear it, and I almost never hear it.
It's no coincidence the Dutch and the English were the first to translate Aristotle's Nichomachean ethics in the 13th c.
Thank you Dr. Yaron Brook
a trading hub and suddently the invention of the contract between a group of financiers and an entrepreneur.
A contract with a mission, money, and a deadline.
Amazing to see such a great lecture recorded with such crappy audio quality
Always an amazing speech!
Yaron always nails it!
Florence (Italy) was a major financial and commercial center during the Renaissance, the Medici family in particular, so before Amsterdam.
As were Genua and Venice slightly before that. But the point he makes and many historians before him, that the focal point of commerce shifted from northern Italy to the cities of Holland and Zeeland, via the cities of Flanders.
Great topic
I hear "Objectivist".
30:32 funny how this opinion has been held by intellectuals of almost every period in recorded history
yeah i like the Dutch for giving us Capitalism and nice houses.
As a Dutch citizen I wish I could've joined this talk