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The renaissance of a global money space, a milestone in world history, was unplanned, unforeseen and startling. Everything would appear in a new light and perspective. It would make people feel the flow of events, the future as newly uncertain. At the same time, it would redefine the conditions of survival for all societies and individuals. True, many barriers to the free flow of money remained. Payments were slow and cumbersome by later standards. But the critical building blocks had been put in place.
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For parallels between money and fine art since the Renaissance, see Chap. 22.
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Pringle, R. (2019). 1980–2000: Creation of a Global Money Space. In: The Power of Money. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25894-8_11
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