East India Company

Organization

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

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.

Inflated GDP?, Google earnings, How the media lost trust, Rogan/Trump search controversy, Election!

Inflated GDP?, Google earnings, How the media lost trust, Rogan/Trump search controversy, Election!

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

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.