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IMALOYAL1

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Was the Dutch East India Company the richest most powerful IPO in the history of the world?

Any quality book that a laymen could read and understand on this company's world wide influence?

Is this the same company that traded in opium and slaves or anything that made money? Paid 18% annual dividend to its shareholders for almost 200 years? That's a good ROI.

Not many people visit "The Book Ends" but move this if it's in the wrong place.
 
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I'm not familiar with a laymen's book on the DEIC, but a European colleague recently told me that the invention of copper wire was the result of a tug-of-war between two Dutchman over a penny. (The Dutch have a reputation for being shall we say, "frugal.")

On the other hand, another colleague responded that he can't stand two groups of people: "people who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch."
 
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Wasn't there a British East India Company too?
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Yes. I think they were competitors.

Could you imagine if the US or UN sent war ships to a country that refused to allow illegal drug trade?
 
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I think I've said it before, but while my dad was an avid reader of history, I have always leaned to fiction. The few history books I've read were quite entertaining and I've made a conscious decision to read more of them.

I need to visit my sisters house where some my dads books reside.
 
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Tidewater said:
On the other hand, another colleague responded that he can't stand two groups of people: "people who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch."
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Hmm. Now we know who you are, Austin Danger Powers.

 
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I think I've said it before, but while my dad was an avid reader of history, I have always leaned to fiction. The few history books I've read were quite entertaining and I've made a conscious decision to read more of them.

I need to visit my sisters house where some my dads books reside.
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You might find the Jeff Shaara books interesting (and books of a similar vein). They are written in a fiction format but are essentially history.
 
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Clark: [taken aback] Well, as a matter of fact, I won't, because Wood drastically underestimates the impact of —Will: ..."Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth..." You got that from Vickers. "Work in Essex County," Page 98, right? Yeah I read that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us — you have any thoughts of — of your own on this matter?
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(One of my favorite scenes from Good Will Hunting.)

Maybe I'll read some history, but it'll be world history as I wouldn't find most of those books entertaining at all.
 
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