Economic Quotes
the prophet was hostile to all forms of monopoly which in his time for almost always granted through political corruption and favoritism. Before Christians even considered the issue, Islam considered monopolies anti-consumer and contrary to the interests of the Muslim society.
In Rhodes’ era money not only bought and influenced politicians but it enabled rich people and their companies to have their own armies and follow their own foreign policy. The British government has a long history of finding a proper balance of control over British wealthy men and her companies doing everything from enforcing the law to invading other countries. Without the companies, the management of the huge empire would have been too expensive and with them, the citizens and the government lost control of foreign policy. In the end, the latter was unacceptable and the British Empire was just too Expensive to maintain where so any nations wanted independence.