Historian William Dalrymple discusses how British colonialism was rooted in capitalism and the East India Company with Kavita Puri. We talk about the British conquering India, but Dalrymple argues the phrase disguises a more sinister reality where a dangerously unregulated private company, run by the ruthless Robert Clive, began seizing chunks of India in the mid-18th century. This conversation explores India’s transition to colonialism under a for-profit corporation and what the East India Company can teach us about capitalism today.