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FoolInTheDesert t1_ize80uk wrote

Look at what Venice and Genoa were doing first. This became the template that the Dutch and English followed. It's corporations working in concert with the state. Venice and Genoa basically invented modern incorporated business and international trade.

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boblinquist t1_izehlkp wrote

Genoa also had the earliest examples of double-entry accounting and maritime insurance

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