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The VOC's Empire of Profit: Corporate Colonialism in Asia
Lucas and Luna explore how the Dutch East India Company (VOC) operated as the world's first multinational corporation — complete with its own army, navy, currency, and diplomatic corps. They trace the company's rise from a speculative trading venture in 1602 to a sprawling empire that controlled the Spice Islands, Ceylon, and the Cape of Good Hope. Key figures like Jan Pieterszoon Coen and Rijckloff van Goens shaped policies of brutal monopoly enforcement, while the VOC's innovative financial instruments — shares, bonds, and futures contracts — laid the groundwork for modern…
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