1602, under the leadership of * * * and National Assembly Speaker Oden Barnvelt, the Dutch and East India Company was established. It monopolized half of the global trade at that time.

The world's first stock exchange was established and the capital market was born. He took the lead in establishing modern banks and invented the credit system that is still in use today.

With the establishment of a series of modern financial and commercial systems,17th century became the century of the Netherlands. Due to the natural shortage of land area and population, the Netherlands gradually lost its dominance in the world at the end of 17.