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The Zollverein: How a Customs Union United Germany
In Episode 182, Lucas and Luna explore the Zollverein, the 19th-century customs union that dismantled internal tariffs across German states long before political unification. They examine how Prussian leadership, under finance ministers like Friedrich von Motz and Peter von Maassen, crafted a system that excluded Austria, spurred industrialization, and made the idea of a single German nation economically inevitable. The episode covers the formation in 1834, the role of economist Friedrich List, the expansion to include the south German states, and how the Zollverein laid the groundwork for…
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