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the incurable autoimmune illness of global capitalism

[...] we might describe civil war as the incurable autoimmune illness of global capitalism: a disease that attacks all systems of the international body from within—indeed, pitting each against the other—calling into question the function and sovereignty of every organ.

—p.38 The Baffler No. 39 - The Organization of Hatreds Dispatches from the American Gray Zone (38) by Jonathon Sturgeon
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24 and anti-terror policy

Gaming takes up the bulk of the argument in The Military-Entertainment Complex, but Lenoir and Caldwell also highlight the ways in which the legacy media of TV and film have likewise buttressed the Pentagon’s propaganda aims in post-9/11 America. They develop an illuminating analysis, for example, …

—p.10 War Games (6) by Scott Beauchamp
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India's multilateral relations and software services

[...] the pursuit of better access to visas for short-term skilled migration has led the Indian negotiating team at the WTO to side with the developed world in promoting full-scale liberalisation of services. Such liberalisation measures are not necessarily in the interests of the rest of the India…

—p.93 Dot.compradors: Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry Lessons from the Lies: What Does IT Mean? (87) by Jyoti Saraswati
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IT diffusion and anti-piracy laws

[...] FDI in ITES and It will not automatically lead to greater IT diffusion [...] part of the 'business-friendly environment' allegedly required to develop an Indian-style software industry is the strong enforcement of anti-piracy software laws. [...] As NASSCOM became dominated by TNCs (including…

—p.89 Lessons from the Lies: What Does IT Mean? (87) by Jyoti Saraswati
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from domestic to transnational ownership in India

This change from domestic to transnational ownership [...] is a concern for the long-term development of the industry, as well as for India more broadly.

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Second, a captive-dominated industry primarily exporting ITES is far less embedded in the economy and therefore less developmental as…

—p.81 The Indian Mutiny: From Potential IT Superpower to Back Office of the World (79) by Jyoti Saraswati