CORPN.THAT CHANGED THE WORLD,THE (PB) (PUL)

GOOD BOOK. RELEVANT EVEN IN PRESENT WORLD WHEN YOU PONDER DEEPLY ON THE BOOK. AMERICANS WORSHIP BUSINESS AS JOB PROVIDERS. NEVERTHELESS, AMERICAN BUSINESS LEADERS FROM GREAT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES MOVED JOBS OUTSIDE AMERICA NOT IN THE LEAST MINDING THE SHOUTS OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE. WHAT POWER DID AMERICAN BUSINESS AND AMERICA GAIN BY IT? IF TRUTH BE TOLD, ALL POLITICAL LEADERS LICK AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S FEET AND FEAR INDOMITABLE GREAT AMERICAN MILITARY THAT HAS FULL CONTROL OF WHOLE WORLD. INFACT COMPETITION AMONGST WORLD LEADERS TO PLEASE AMERICA IS MORE THAN THE COMPETITION FOR SWEETS AMONGST BABIES & KIDS IN KINDERGARTEN. SIMILARLY, AFTER MOVING JOBS OUTSIDE AMERICA, EVERY TOP BUSINESS IN THE WORLD NOW LICK AMERICAN BUSINESS LEADER'S FEET. A POPULAR WEB ARTICLE YEARS BACK DESCRIBED PESSIMISTICALLY THAT AFTER DESTROYING SWEET AMERICAN HOMES, AMERICAN BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AND AMERICAN BUSINESS GIANTS BUY PROPERTY IN GULF DESERTS WHERE THEY CAN COOK OMELETTE WITHOUT STOVE. YOU WONT AGREE WITH THAT LADY IF YOU READ THIS BOOK AND UNDERSTAND POWER OF DOLLAR AND AMERICAN BUSINESSES NOW. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHAT IS THE GLOBAL BUSINESS POWER EXERTED BY DOLLAR? WONDERING WHY EVEN WHEN PRICE OF CRUDE DWINDLES, PRICE OF AMERICAN DOLLAR INCREASES ALWAYS BUT COUNTRIES THAT PRODUCE AND SUPPLY GOODS TO THE WORLD HAVE RELATIVELY LOW CURRENCY VALUES WHICH ALWAYS DECREASES WITH EVERY YEAR? WHAT MAKES EVERY POLITICAL LEADER AND BUSINESS HOUSE LICK AMERICAN POWER WITHOUT HESITATIONS AND WORSHIP AMERICA? ALL THESE ANSWERED IF YOU READ THIS BOOK AND RELATE TO PRESENT WORLD. ONE CANNOT HELP BUT BE AWESTRUCK BY GREAT PLANS OF GREAT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES, GREAT AMERICAN LEADERS AND GREAT AMERICAN BUSINESSES.

very rich in information

The content is great, however I feel the writing style is a little boring.

Exactly as recommended - a fascinating read and beautifully written. The concise style means a lot of information is packed into a short tome. Very informative.

An amazing, in depth, history of the East India Company, about which I’d only heard reference , but know zip about !

Beside of many historical facts I really appreciated the authors way to link the historical event to the philosophers of its time and political decision makers. A book to enjoy and a book to learn, and of course looking at the financial crisis of today you will discover that many of its causes were invented 300 years ago: the ruthless manager in a limited corporation acting for his own wellbeing only. It was surprising to discoveer that what was considered to be a fraud 300 years ago has become legal and an institution today. Regulations grew but the outcome is much worse.

The East India Company, in its various incarnations, was a central part of English capitalism as it emerged. Although we tend to think about capitalism as intrinsically bound up with the industrial revolution and the factory system, the trading companies were actually much more important in the creation of the commercial and financial institutions the characterise capitalism in England. The author provides a really strong account of what the EIC did, but maintains a strong critical perspective. He's clearly no socialist - he believes that corporations can and should be reformed and regulated into ethicality - but he has a really good understanding of the internal and external dynamics that affected both the EIC and corporations generally. One small whinge; I'm a relatively well educated person with a good knowledge of British history, but I still don't know the basic narrative of the EIC. I think the author more or less assumes that readers will know this, and he writes as if much of the chonology is familiar to his audience, even though it's clearly a book for the general reader. A timetable and an introductory chapter might have helped in this respect. Still, a wonderful book that deserves to be widely read.

Very well written, which is a rare accomplishment on somewhat dry topics. Brings forward or reminds the reader that graft and corruption is not new to modern business and government. A company that conquered a nation literally and with its private army. A good read.