Reference no: EM133410662
Part One
Describe the "trader's world in 1400," including its geographic, political, and social barriers to trade, and the extent to which trade was a feature of the world.
Describe the economic rise of Western Europe and by means of colonialism its early impact on the Americas, Africa (particularly the establishment of the trans-Atlantic slave trade), and Asia.
Briefly, how was the East India Company "masterful at manipulating governments for its own profit"? How did Britain steal $45 trillion from India?
Part Two
According to "Park Avenue," "How some companies...," and "Uber ...": How do major corporations and the ultra-wealthy in general operate today to amass an increasingly large share of national and global wealth? What are the economic, social, and political consequences?
Part Three
What kind of institution is the corporation, and how did it come to accumulate so much wealth and power?
What are the assumptions and principles of "corporate libertarianism"? What is questionable about its assumptions and principles from the standpoints the environment, climate and, social wellbeing?
Given that GDP/GNP growth is the fundamental measure of "progress" from the standpoint of corporate libertarianism, what would the GPI say about corporate libertarianism?