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A comment on Warren Buffett's Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Warren Buffett's Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shar... by desas on Saturday February 25, 2017 @05:30PM (#13734243)
Didn't the UK mainly copy them from the Netherlands?
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Re:Warren Buffett's Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shar... by lordnacho on Saturday February 25, 2017 @05:53PM (#13734362)
Another thread is that a lot of ingredients originated in different places in Europe, thanks to political fragmentation.

- Mass production: Venetian arsenal

- Central Bank: Sweden

- The word Bourse: a certain family in Belgium

- Political philosophy: lots of places

- Coal and steel production, factories: Northern France, Belgium

- Religious freedom: rather bloody wars still in living memory

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