How did the British Empire write the rules of today’s economy?
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The British Empire and the East India Company
Cojo: The way in which imperialism orientated towards externalization of capitalist relations, the state formation that the british nation state came to be. When we think about the can of defold, reliance upon private capital andnounc sorcing is not something that's new in thebritish state. Cojo: I think it also, in terms the historical memory of empire, had a significant role in the amnesia that we have around empire in britain to day. And so not just out sourcing the roll of empire, but also by returning to who were these companies, what did they do? We don't need to know about this as not part of the
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