Companies/merchants have sought profit forever. It really doesn't seem much different at all in ancient Rome, for example [1], except everything was smaller sc

Companies/merchants have sought profit forever. It really doesn't seem much different at all in ancient Rome, for example [1], except everything was smaller scale - they sought capital investment and contracts for mining operations with the goal of squeezing as much profit out as efficiently as possible. 1. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m2kVDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&dq=roman%20mining%20companies&source=bl&ots=3J5rO4gRfZ&sig=lH9irjj3vCvsWlstbcxOz1RbA2w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsyoT3197MAhViK8AKHWVoDGMQ6AEIbjAP#v=onepage&q=roman%20mining%20companies&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=m2kVDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA274&lp...