Colonial Economics on Heltaherhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/tags/colonial-economics/Recent content in Colonial Economics on HeltaherHugo -- gohugo.ioenAll rights reserved Hisham Eltaher @ heltaherFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000VOC: The World’s First Corporate Superpower – Part 1: The 8 Trillion USD Illusionhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/post-01/Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/post-01/The Pound Sterling Trap – Part 1: The £400 Million War Debt That Wasn’thttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/pound-sterling-trap/post-01/Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/pound-sterling-trap/post-01/The Arithmetic of Empire – Part 1: The Drain and the Ledger: Naoroji's Accusation in Numbershttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-01/Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-01/The Imperial Balance Sheet – Part 1: The Question Parliament Avoidedhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-01/Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-01/The Debt Trap of the Isthmus - The Debt Trap of the Isthmushttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/debt-trap-of-the-isthmus/Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/debt-trap-of-the-isthmus/VOC: The World’s First Corporate Superpower – Part 2: When a Company Was a Statehttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/post-02/Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/post-02/The Pound Sterling Trap – Part 2: The Frozen Reserveshttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/pound-sterling-trap/post-02/Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/pound-sterling-trap/post-02/The Arithmetic of Empire – Part 2: The Token Coin: Seigniorage and the Manufactured Rupeehttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-02/Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-02/The Imperial Balance Sheet – Part 2: What the Ledgers Show — Indiahttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-02/Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-02/VOC: The World’s First Corporate Superpower – Part 3: The Architecture of Controlhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/post-03/Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/post-03/The Pound Sterling Trap – Part 3: The Cost of Blocked Capitalhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/pound-sterling-trap/post-03/Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/pound-sterling-trap/post-03/The Arithmetic of Empire – Part 3: Deindustrialisation as Fiscal Policyhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-03/Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-03/The Imperial Balance Sheet – Part 3: The Distribution of Spoilshttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-03/Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-03/VOC: The World’s First Corporate Superpower – Part 4: The State’s Balance Sheethttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/post-04/Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/post-04/The Arithmetic of Empire – Part 4: The Debt Traphttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-04/Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-04/The Imperial Balance Sheet – Part 4: The Grammar of Extraction — Two Colonieshttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-04/Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-04/The Arithmetic of Empire – Part 5: The Golden Ransom: The Interwar Liquidationhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-05/Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-05/The Imperial Balance Sheet – Part 5: A System Designed for Capturehttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-05/Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/post-05/The Arithmetic of Empire – Part 6: The Famine Dividend: Extraction During Collapsehttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-06/Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/post-06/VOC: The World’s First Corporate Superpower – A Four‑Part Historyhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/voc-the-worlds/A four-part investigation into the Dutch East India Company, separating popular legend from historical reality using economic history, systems analysis, and institutional critique.The Pound Sterling Trap: Egypt’s Lost Half-Centuryhttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/pound-sterling-trap/Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/pound-sterling-trap/Explores how Egypt’s status as a wartime creditor to Britain became a mechanism of post-colonial wealth extraction, freezing capital that could have funded industrialization.The Arithmetic of Empire: How Britain Monetized Indiahttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/arithmetic-of-empire/An analysis of the specific fiscal and monetary mechanisms used to extract wealth from colonial India.The Imperial Balance Sheethttps://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://heltaher.github.io/heltaher/history-analysis/the-imperial-balance-sheet/