How Dutch grows
•Easy access to money and low interest rates
•Highly developed banking system
•Cheques and early form of bank notes
•State regulations on liquidity
•Credit in advance to seller
•High investment / reinvestment rates
•Broad middle class and tax base
•Indirect taxation
•Deficit spending / easy loans
From Netherland to England
•Urbanization leads to autonomy and citizen rights – increases economic risk-taking and innovation.
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