The East India Company: History’s Deadliest Monopoly
At its peak, the East India Company was not just a business; it was a global superpower. With a private army twice the size of the British military, a monopoly on half of all global trade, and the authority to tax millions, it functioned as a "state in the disguise of a merchant." But behind the ledger sheets and the tea exports lay a story of unchecked greed, state-sanctioned smuggling, and the brutal exploitation that would ultimately force its collapse.
In this documentary, Peak to Dust explores how the EIC transformed from a humble trading collective into a weaponized corporate…
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