Victorian England was more capitalistic than most modern Western nations.
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The challenge of answering this comes from defining "capitalistic". I think markets have been, to a greater or lesser extent, a driving force of economics for a long time. I think things like venture capitalism and ownership through stocks is a newer concept, but could be wrong.
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Joint stock companies can be traced to, variously, 7th century China and 14th century Europe
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I said 300 but it might be better to say 420 based on the East India company
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Don't you think it was more mercantalist? That's what Adam Smith was arguing against after all
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In some places, like Brazil, what seems to be the case is Capitalism never trully developed. Here there is some kind of atualized Ancien Régime or a Feudalistic Industrialized society — an analogue to French Revolution never happened here.
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"when the west was much more laissez-faire than today." I mean slavery was legally protected, international trade was highly restricted and most women couldn't own property, so it depends very much what freedoms and rights you think are less/more important.
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