# Spain Won Again, 500 Years Later

An episode of [The David McWilliams Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1462649946), 21 Jul 2026, 41 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-david-mcwilliams-podcast/e/6a5e485bc8941e699177051b/media.mp3

Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in a scrappy, dirty World Cup final, in what felt like 500 years of history playing out on a pitch in New Jersey. We use the final as an excuse to ask the big question: why did Spain's colonies end up poor and England's end up rich? Silver, slavery, the Inquisition, and the invisible thread that still connects a Buenos Aires slum to a New Jersey kitchen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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