East India Company
Described as a powerful, quasi-national corporation that extracted vast wealth from India to fuel Britain's industrial revolution.
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Secret History #25: Capital of Evil
Predictive History
Described as a powerful, quasi-national corporation that extracted vast wealth from India to fuel Britain's industrial revolution.

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All-In Podcast
Used as a historical example of a dominant company, in a discussion about whether monopolies should be broken up.

Andy Weir on the Economics of Sci-Fi and Space | Conversations with Tyler
Conversations with Tyler
A historical trading company that wielded significant power. It's used as an analogy for how a powerful corporation could effectively rule a colony, though Weir notes the Kenyan Space Corporation in his novel is far more benign.

Everything You Know is About to Collapse - David Friedberg
Chris Williamson
Historical trading company used as an analogy for the potential scale and economic impact of a future lunar economy, suggesting it could be unexpectedly large.

Peterson Academy | Dr. Charles Calomiris | The History of Financial Crises | Lecture 1 (Official)
Peterson Academy
An example of a company granted monopoly rights by a sovereign to organize trade with a certain region in the early modern era.