The Telecom Industry in India: Free Market or Monopoly-Finance Capital?
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The success of the telecommunications industry in India has been heralded as a "miracle." But miracle for whom? answer, Rahul Varman writes, clearly capitalist class, who, over three decades, have amassed tremendous wealth and power through machinations large firms, collusion with Indian government.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Review
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0027-0520']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14452/mr-075-01-2023-05_3