Behind the News: Indian Capitalism w/ Jairus Banaji

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Anatol Lieven discusses the slim prospects for peace in Ukraine and growing bellicosity towards China. Jairus Banaji, author of an article for Phenomenal World, talks about the politicized structure of Indian capitalism, and the scandal surrounding Gautam Adani.

Hindenburg report on the Adani Group: https://hindenburgresearch.com/adani/

Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html

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0:00.0	.
0:10.0	.
0:20.0	.
0:28.0	.
0:33.0	Hello and welcome to Behind the News.
0:35.0	My name is Doug Henrywood.
0:36.0	Two segments today, a shocker, I'm sure.
0:38.0	We'll talk with Anatole Leven about how it's
0:40.0	sort of feeling like they run up to World War I,
0:42.0	and then Jairus Bonagy will talk about the Adonis scandal
0:45.0	and what it tells us about the political economy of India.
0:48.0	Are we stumbling towards World War or something like it?
0:51.0	There seems to be very little interest in trying to negotiate
0:53.0	an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
0:55.0	On the contrary, there's a bit of a competition
0:57.0	to develop it so you can be the most hawkish.
0:59.0	What arm should we send next?
1:01.0	Should we settle merely with pushing Russia out of Ukraine
1:04.0	or should we press on until it collapses?
1:06.0	And what about US relations with China
1:08.0	where the rhetoric grows more heated by the day?
1:11.0	Sometimes it seems like our political class
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