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Or, as some might say, the best thing that ever happened to European society. Paper became cheap because of a cotton glut and labour became expensive leading t
by SixSigma 11y ago
Or, as some might say, the best thing that ever happened to European society.
Paper became cheap because of a cotton glut and labour became expensive leading to egalitarian lifestyles.
- throwaway049 11y agoThe aristocracy were against egalitarian lifestyles immediately following the plague. A maximum wage system was established in England [0] [0] http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-09-05/how-the-black-death-spawned-the-minimum-wage http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-09-05/how-the-bla...