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Prabir Purkayastha
Global Capital, Digital Monopolies and New Forms of Enclosure
15 Jun 2019
The sharing economy is the enclosure of personal property by digital monopolies and creating a new form of casual labour.
Prabir Purkayastha
Global Rich Gathered in Davos to Push for Rules Enabling Digital Colonisation
26 Jan 2019
They talk about what the shift of these discussions, which should ideally take place at World Trade Organization, to the WEF signify.
Praneta Jha
Amazon, Walmart, Now Alibaba — Indian Retail Headed Towards An Oligopoly
22 Aug 2018
There are reports of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba being in talks with Reliance Retail to set up ‘a mega Indian retail joint venture’, while Amazon is looking to buy up to 49% share in Aditya…
Prabir Purkayastha
Bitcoin: Has the Real Nakamoto Stepped Forward?
04 May 2016
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto and why should we even bother knowing who he is? Nakamoto is the pseudonym of the person who created the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, who till this week, was just a name. Craig…
Prabir Purkayastha
Zero Rating: Not Subsidised Internet but Enclosure of the Internet
14 May 2015
After the firestorm of criticism from the Indian netizens on the violations of net neutrality by Reliance-Facebook (Internet.org) and Airtel (Airtel Zero), Facebook and Airtel have come out with…