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Would the US Take Over SpaceX or Google (like Britain took over East India Company)? Ft. Phil Stern
This conversation delves into the concept of 'informal empires' and challenges the notion that these empires feel 'informal' to those under their influence. It argues that historians, particularly in the West, might minimize the impact of informal empires, which, in reality, exert significant control and governance, often through private enterprises rather than state mechanisms.
00:00 Understanding Informal Empires
00:56 Influence of Corporations on International Policies
01:22 The Role of ExxonMobil in Foreign Policy
01:36 Rethinking the Concept of Empire
01:46 The Plurality of Jurisdictional Forms in Empires
02:13 The British Empire in India: Pre and Post 1857
02:45 The Complexity of Corporate Entities within Empires
03:08 The Constellation of Entities in the British Empire
03:43 Chaos Theory and Patterns in Empire Structures
03:53 Uncoordinated yet Intentional Movements within Empires
04:25 Characterizing the U.S. Empire
In this episode of The Great Tech Game podcast, host Anirudh Suri is joined by Phil Stern, professor of history at Duke University, to dive into the history of colonial corporations such as East India Company and what that might teach us about how the current tug of war between nation-states and big tech firms such as Apple and Google might play out.
Stern and Suri together delve into the history of joint stock corporations and trading empires of corporations such as East India Company and others. They explore how these joint stock corporations of the 17th and 18th centuries were critical in the rise of colonial empires, but eventually ran afoul of their patrons and political masters. They discuss how the attempt of the British Crown, for example, to regulate the activities of the East India Company played out, and what lessons that holds for today's attempt by countries like the US, India and Europe to regulate Big Tech firms.
About Phil Stern: https://scholars.duke.edu/person/philip.stern/
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By Anirudh SuriThis conversation delves into the concept of 'informal empires' and challenges the notion that these empires feel 'informal' to those under their influence. It argues that historians, particularly in the West, might minimize the impact of informal empires, which, in reality, exert significant control and governance, often through private enterprises rather than state mechanisms.
00:00 Understanding Informal Empires
00:56 Influence of Corporations on International Policies
01:22 The Role of ExxonMobil in Foreign Policy
01:36 Rethinking the Concept of Empire
01:46 The Plurality of Jurisdictional Forms in Empires
02:13 The British Empire in India: Pre and Post 1857
02:45 The Complexity of Corporate Entities within Empires
03:08 The Constellation of Entities in the British Empire
03:43 Chaos Theory and Patterns in Empire Structures
03:53 Uncoordinated yet Intentional Movements within Empires
04:25 Characterizing the U.S. Empire
In this episode of The Great Tech Game podcast, host Anirudh Suri is joined by Phil Stern, professor of history at Duke University, to dive into the history of colonial corporations such as East India Company and what that might teach us about how the current tug of war between nation-states and big tech firms such as Apple and Google might play out.
Stern and Suri together delve into the history of joint stock corporations and trading empires of corporations such as East India Company and others. They explore how these joint stock corporations of the 17th and 18th centuries were critical in the rise of colonial empires, but eventually ran afoul of their patrons and political masters. They discuss how the attempt of the British Crown, for example, to regulate the activities of the East India Company played out, and what lessons that holds for today's attempt by countries like the US, India and Europe to regulate Big Tech firms.
About Phil Stern: https://scholars.duke.edu/person/philip.stern/
Follow Anirudh here:
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/anirudhsuri
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudhsuri/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anirudh_suri
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnirudhSuri.in
Website: [www.anirudhsuri.com](http://www.anirudhsuri.com/)
Book and Podcast: [www.greattechgame.com](http://www.greattechgame.com/)
Book Links:
Anirudh Suri:
The Great Tech Game by Anirudh Suri : https://amzn.eu/d/1Su38My