S1.E9 - Creating the Corporation

If there's one thing that's more capitalist than anything else, it's the corporation. In this episode, we explore the modern corporation's origins in Dutch & English colonialism, the spice trade, gun-running, and more!

Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 by Stephen R. Brown
The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600-1800 by Pieter C. Emmer and Jos J.L. Gommans
For Profit: A History of Corporations by William Magnuson
Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism by Philip J. Stern