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Once wealth became a function of commerce rather than land, who is rich and powerful became mostly a question of how industrialised a country is.

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  1. Sarah Paine

    Historian of maritime and continental empires who taught strategy at the U.S

    Well, once wealth is a function of of commerce, industry, and trade, it isn't land anymore. And this upends the world. If you think about the world today, who's rich, who's poor, who's powerful, who's not, it's often the degree to which the country is industrialized.

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