On the Origins and Legacies of Really Existing Capitalism: In Conversation with Kari Polanyi Levitt By Kari Polanyi Levitt and Prof. Andrew M. Fischer, January 03, 2024
In the old mercantilism, again, the representative firm was a joint stock corporation, the chartered companies; they received their monopolies from the sovereign; there were many shareholders; they were adventurers, etc. I saw similarities with the gigantic multinational corporations, also similarities in the sense that the centre, the head office, is in control of a variety of locations, and again how control over communication is so central to the organization of both of the old chartered companies and the modern multinational corporations. |
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