The Writer's Building, in Kolkata, which originally served as the office for writers of the British East India Company. Photo: AFP
The Writer's Building, in Kolkata, which originally served as the office for writers of the British East India Company. Photo: AFP
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The Anarchy: how the East India Company looted India, and became too big to fail, explored by William Dalrymple

  • Historian has penned an eloquent tale of greed, violence and the first corporate bailout in history
  • The company’s conquest of the Mughal empire is ‘history’s most ominous warning about the potential for the abuse of corporate power’, he writes

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Updated: 9:08pm, 5 Nov, 2020

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The Writer's Building, in Kolkata, which originally served as the office for writers of the British East India Company. Photo: AFP
The Writer's Building, in Kolkata, which originally served as the office for writers of the British East India Company. Photo: AFP
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