Maybe Kindleberger needs to read more Spenser. :) More likely, Spenser himself accepted the common myth. Or perhaps his Mammon was loosely inspired by whoever

Maybe Kindleberger needs to read more Spenser. :) More likely, Spenser himself accepted the common myth. Or perhaps his Mammon was loosely inspired by whoever headed the royal mint at the time. I'll have to pick up that book someday. Thanks.