Everything Economic History, Season 3, Episode 6.

Marc Deloof

How does a King sell a state? With Marc Deloof

The Belgian atrocities in the Congo are well known and rightly condemned. But what happened before it became a colony? How did King Leopold attract investment to an area that, prior to the rubber boom, had little to offer? Andrew and Lloyd sit down with Marc Deloof (University of Antwerp) to find out.

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4743798