Start with the glorious revolution in UK, and the rise of mercantile corporations (East-India et al.) and licensed /sanctioned cooperatives (such as the origina

Start with the glorious revolution in UK, and the rise of mercantile corporations (East-India et al.) and licensed /sanctioned cooperatives (such as the original colonies), throw in a pinch of Puritan economic ethics and morality, and finally let it simmer in a pot stamped with “corporations are legal persons”.