Download 4K
Download 4K
Download 4K Season 2 Episode
- Season 2 Rethinking Civilization
- Season 2 Money & Debt
- Season 2 Disease!
- Season 2 War & Human Nature
- Season 2 War and Civilization
- Season 2 Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age
- Season 2 Humans and Energy
- Season 2 Drought and Famine
- Season 2 How World War I Started
- Season 2 Who Started World War I
- Season 2 The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age)
- Season 2 The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology
- Season 2 Asian Responses to Imperialism
- Season 2 The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution
- Season 2 Population, Sustainability, and Malthus
- Season 2 Islam and Politics
- Season 2 The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation
- Season 2 Luther and the Protestant Reformation
- Season 2 Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire
- Season 2 World War II, A War for Resources
- Season 2 Congo and Africa's World War
- Season 2 Water and Classical Civilizations
- Season 2 Conflict in Israel and Palestine
- Season 2 The Vikings!
- Season 2 War and Nation Building in Latin America
- Season 2 Iran's Revolutions
- Season 2 Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History
- Season 2 Nonviolence and Peace Movements
- Season 2 Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company
- Season 2 Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China
Crash Course World History - Season 2 Episode 29 Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company
6.70 12 minutes In which John Green teaches you about the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, doing business as the VOC, also known as the Dutch East India Company. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Dutch managed to dominate world trade, and they did all through the pioneering use of corporations and finance. Well, they did also use some traditional methods like violently enforced monopolies, unfair trade agreements, and plain old warfare. You'll learn how the Dutch invented stuff like joint stock corporations, maritime insurance, and futures trading. Basically, how the Dutch East India Company crashed the US economy in 2008. I'm kidding. Or am I?
