Piers Hemy wrote:
> As in "this impressive, new Russian Orthodox church, a sign of Russian
> money, most of it earned in various dodgy ways, having made its way to
> Spain"?
>
> Would the same commentary not have applied to Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan,
> John D Rockefeller etc in their time?
>
Not quite the same, as they kept the money in the country where they
earned it, whatever one may think of their methods. Same with the
Western railroad "barons" and many others.
John Jacob Astor might be an exception, as I assume much of his wealth
in the fur trade came out of Canada.
Moose
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