EconomicHistory<>East India Company: The Original Too-Big-to-Fail Firm By Nick Robins Mar 12, 2013 11:48 AM ET For an institution that has been defunct for almost 150 years, the East India Company still evokes powerful reactions across the world. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/east-india-company-the-original-too-big-to-fail-firm.html