"John Stuart Mill thought the British East India Company one of the most "beneficent" creations known to mankind, which is an early reminder of how even the best minds, in the presence of rampant riches, come up with the strangest notions."

no surprises- guardian re: history of corporate culture

"It was to be a method that the United Fruit Company emulated in central America. Such predatory patterns have repercussions: the United Fruit Company backed a coup in Guatemala that set the country adrift on a sea of murderous civil strife that lasted half a century and is still not resolved." 36 years of low-intensity (i.e. vs women and children) civil war