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    When Corporations Conquered Countries: The East India Company Story

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    Explore how a 1600s trading company became history's first corporate empire, wielding armies twice Britain's size and ruling millions—with chilling parallels to today's corporate giants.

    When Corporations Conquered Countries: The East India Company Story

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    The East India Company represented a fusion of private profit and public power, essentially operating as a state masquerading as a business with the power of a nation-state but the moral obligations of a 17th-century trading company.

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