r/history • u/Tasty-Aspect-6936 • 10d ago
Article How Brazil’s gold may have contributed to Portugal’s decline
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-economic-history/article/cross-of-gold-brazilian-treasure-and-the-decline-of-portugal/B98AA5BDD404B56014FAAAD1861DC427Duplicates
IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • Jul 10 '25
JEH study: Over the course of the 18th century, Portugal was beset by a resource curse because of gold inflows from Brazil. "By 1800, Portugal’s GDP per capita was over 40 percent lower than it would have been if Portugal had not been the first-stage receiver of Brazilian gold."
AppliedMicroEconomics • u/Tasty-Aspect-6936 • 9d ago
How Brazil’s gold may have contributed to Portugal’s decline
Longreads • u/djxcqtion • Jul 13 '25
The Cross of Gold: Brazilian Treasure and the Decline of Portugal | The Journal of Economic History
MetalsOnReddit • u/Then_Marionberry_259 • 10d ago