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A Brief History of the Corporation

By Venkat Rao · Ribbonfarm · June 2011
A Brief History of the Corporation
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"On 8 June, a Scottish banker named Alexander Fordyce shorted the collapsing Company's shares in the London markets. But a momentary bounce-back in the stock…"

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