The Dutch East India Company

A Captivating Guide to the First True Multinational Corporation and Its Impact on the Dutch War of Independence from Spain

De: Captivating History

Narrado por: Randy Whitlow

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Huge international companies and corporations are a normal part of our everyday lives today. For most, their unimaginable wealth and power, rivaling even some of the smaller countries of the world, is something we take for granted. And we see them as the living embodiment of the capitalist system, regardless if we take it as a good or a bad omen. However, this wasn’t always the case.

For the majority of history, it was the kings and emperors who wielded the most influence, commanded the largest armies, and had the largest treasures. And all of them would laugh at the idea of some merchants managing to not only catch up to their supremacy and riches but even surpass them. Yet, they did.

Probably, the best example of that kind of success were the traders of the Dutch East India Company of the 16th century. This company single-handedly reformed the way businesses functioned, creating the foundation of our modern capitalist world, with all of its strengths and weaknesses.

Through its international trade, this corporation brought our world one step closer to the colonialism of the 19th century and the globalization of the 20th century. It managed to transform itself from a group of merchants to an empire in its own right. By the time of its disbandment in the late 18th century, the world was irreversibly changed.

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Very interesting

An interesting and unbiased look at a historical company. A rephrasing take on an age that is constantly demonized unfairly.

Good One

The Dutch East India Company was quite the impressive Global Enterprise, arguably the template for the modern Global Traders in existence even to this day.

Dutch east india

Awesome short information on the Dutch East India Company. VOC has power in its own.

Pretty Decent

This book gives a pretty decent overview of its founding, history and eventual downfall of what many might say was the largest and most profitable in history.

Fascinating Introduction to a major world maker

I learned a great deal about this first international mega-corporation. Compelling, complex, and well explained.

well-written

This is a well-written explanation of how Dutch trade created massive wealth in Europe (generally) and the Dutch nation (specifically). It also explains how trade creates wealth the more it is done, for each of the trading partners.

bang for your buck

what a book! it explains the rise and fall if the first corporation. it was worth more than eight trillion at its height and involved the entire world.