> Corporations are graduating from companies and becoming as powerful or more powerful than many nations. Charge first leveled against the Dutch East India Com

> Corporations are graduating from companies and becoming as powerful or more powerful than many nations. Charge first leveled against the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the 17th century. Of course when push came to shove, they were nationalized by the government. But the trope has far outlasted any of the companies its been pointed at.