I understand how the free trade policies lead to monopoly, and I understand how financial monopolies take over industrial monopolies. But I don't really get the jump from monopolies to imperialism.
I understand how the free trade policies lead to monopoly, and I understand how financial monopolies take over industrial monopolies. But I don't really get the jump from monopolies to imperialism.
I'm currently reading Imperialism in the 21st century by John Smith, and I think it better addresses how capital and state imperialism are connected by gaining a cut of the profits from the increased sales of commodities through sales taxes, tariffs, and the like. So the government has every incentive to push for more sales and more profit as every sale means guaranteed revenue