Looking over the anecdotes here, i find myself thinking that big pharma is just an example of the "profit uber alles" mentality that has been rampant in the corporate world since at least the 80s (if not before).
It recounts, from a British point of view, the rise of a type of finance capitalist that revolved around strip mining established companies.
I think part 3 touched on how by the time the people that started it got cold feet about it all, it had become institutionalized thanks to pension funds and similar.
An interesting set of documentaries in that regard may be The Mayfair Set: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mayfair_Set
It recounts, from a British point of view, the rise of a type of finance capitalist that revolved around strip mining established companies.
I think part 3 touched on how by the time the people that started it got cold feet about it all, it had become institutionalized thanks to pension funds and similar.