Hober Mallow

Character from Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Master Trader and later Mayor of Terminus — the man who proved that commerce is a more powerful weapon than religion, and that you can conquer worlds by making them economically dependent.

Also known as: Hober Mallow, Mallow, Master Trader Mallow

What They Know

• Trade creates deeper dependency than religion — you can reject a god but not a refrigerator
• The Foundation's religion-based control has reached its limits; the next phase requires economic imperialism
• Korell's rulers secretly receive warships from remnants of the Empire, making them a military threat that must be neutralized commercially
• Nuclear gadgets sold without spiritual packaging create economic dependency that collapses hostile economies when trade is cut off
• The Seldon Plan operates through economic forces as much as political ones — the Foundation's wealth is its true weapon
• A three-year trade embargo can topple a government more efficiently than any fleet

Connections

• rules — terminus
• member_of — First Foundation
• rival_of — the Korellian Republic
• ally_of — salvor_hardin
• located_at — terminus
• mentored_by — hari_seldon
• ally_of — limmar_ponyets

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