What I meant is their true motivation and intentions (war efforts) were different than what they made it appear with the VoC capital raising. EDIT: in "The Wor

What I meant is their true motivation and intentions (war efforts) were different than what they made it appear with the VoC capital raising. EDIT: in "The World's First Stock Exchange" [1], the author outlines this historical context of conflict between Netherlands and Spain, which spurred the VoC and - considered to be - the first stock market. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18847884-the-world-s-first-stock-exchange https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18847884-the-world-s-fir...