Aucbonyx.247 net.space utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:Onyx:jmrubin Mon Feb 1 15:36:32 1982 Government Funding of Exploration (previous article) (Adding blank lines due to netnews screwup) As I recall, off hand, the British East India Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, and the British West India Company were NOT supported by laissez-faire types. They supported MERCANTILISM which was precisely what laissez-faire types were against. Joel Rubin