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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (25018)11/10/2007 8:33:17 AM
From: arun gera  Read Replies (1) of 217774
 
After Spain and Portugal "free traders" came the Dutch State capitalists

en.wikipedia.org

The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in old-spelling Dutch, literally "United East Indian Company") was established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. It was the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stock.[1]

It remained an important trading concern for almost two centuries, paying an 18% annual dividend for almost 200 years, until it became bankrupt and was formally dissolved in 1800,[2]

By 1669, the VOC was the richest private company the world had ever seen, with over 150 merchant ships, 40 warships, 50,000 employees, a private army of 10,000 soldiers, and a dividend payment of 40%.

(Arun -So the domination of Dutch State Capitalism lasted about 6 generations for the Dutch, the boom middle years maybe spanning 3 generations.)
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