Why does Catalonia want to quit Spain? It’s the economy, stupid

Some very intersting data on aggregations of people and optimal community sizes…
Why, and why now? It’s easy to get lost in the mire of local explanations and recent historical factors, and Spain has those in abundance. They matter, and they may explain why Spain is the most confrontational of the struggles between separatist, nationalist and supra-national ambitions on this Continent. But the core forces lie much deeper and are in essence much simpler.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2017/10/31/why-does-catalonia-want-to-quit-spain-its-the-economy-stupid/