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Welcome to Business Talk, your go-to podcast for the latest trends, insights, and thought-provoking discussions in the business world. Whether you're a business professional, entrepreneur, researcher, or academic, our episodes will challenge you to rethink conventional wisdom and inspire actionable ideas. Brought to you by Global Management Consultancy, we are committed to driving innovation and excellence in the business community. All content Copyrighted 2024 by Global Management Consultancy. For more information about our past and upcoming podcasts, please click here:https://www.deepakbbhatt.com/businesstalkAll rights reserved Daily
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  • Burnout Market Feminism: Inside China’s Female Economy with Dr. Ling Tang

    Burnout Market Feminism: Inside China’s Female Economy with Dr. Ling Tang
    Aug 8 2026
    In her book Burnout Market Feminism: Urban Chinese Businesswomen in the Internet Age, Dr. Ling Tang examines how female entrepreneurs navigate China's digital economy. Rather than viewing Chinese feminism solely through state socialist or civil society lenses, Tang introduces a third perspective focusing on women's economic agency within the market. While China's booming digital landscape allows women to achieve significant financial success and leverage economic growth to gain social tolerance, such as for non-normative identities, this market-driven empowerment comes at a high cost. Entrepreneurs face structural frictions, including state regulation of personal desires, navigating toxic, male-dominated guanxi business cultures, and absorbing heavy platform pressures. Consequently, women engage in auto-exploitation, framing extreme overwork as passion and national duty. Ultimately, Tang illustrates that while market practices offer a viable route for feminist ideas when civil society is constrained, true empowerment requires moving away from growth-obsessed burnout. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Ling Tang shared key insights from her publication, “Burnout Market Feminism: Urban Chinese Businesswomen in the Internet Age”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.
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    49 mins
  • Why Free Market Capitalism and Democracy Can’t Coexist | Prof. Mordecai Kurz

    Why Free Market Capitalism and Democracy Can’t Coexist | Prof. Mordecai Kurz
    Aug 8 2026
    In his book, Private Power and Democracy's Decline: How to Make Capitalism Support Democracy, Stanford Economics Professor Emeritus Mordecai Kurz examines how tech monopolies fuel income inequality and social polarization. Expanding on the ideas in The Market Power of Technology (2023), Dr. Kurz presents concrete policy solutions, including antitrust reform and taxing monopoly profits, to protect democratic institutions and realign capitalism with the public good. Professor Kurz contends that free-market capitalism and democracy are fundamentally incompatible because concentrated tech monopolies convert economic power into political inequality. Unlike the first Gilded Age, modern digital automation systematically replaces rather than expands blue-collar labor. To counter democratic decline driven by policy deregulation, tech displacement, and social neglect, Dr. Kurz proposes aligning capitalism with public interest. His key solutions include taxing replacement technologies while subsidizing worker-assisting AI, enshrining a legally guaranteed worker livelihood program, and reforming unions into supportive social organizations. Ultimately, he urges workers to organize, upskill, and reject demagoguery to build a balanced economic future. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Professor Mordecai Kurz shared key insights from his book, "Private Power and Democracy's Decline: How to Make Capitalism Support Democracy", in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.
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    47 mins
  • How Mobile Money Changed Everything in Kenya | Dr. Sibel Kusimba explains

    How Mobile Money Changed Everything in Kenya | Dr. Sibel Kusimba explains
    Aug 8 2026
    Dr. Sibel Kusimba, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, joins us to explore her fascinating book, Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution. a 2023 SEA Book Prize finalist from the Society for Economic Anthropology. In an episode of Business Talk, Dr. Sibel Kusimba discusses her book, Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution. Tracing the rise of mobile money services like M-Pesa, Prof. Kusimba explains that digital currency in Kenya serves as a medium for building social relationships and reinforcing cultural values of "wealth in people" rather than simply accumulating assets. Practices such as airtime gifts (sambaza), crowdfunding platforms (MChanga), and rural remittances allow users to express care, maintain community obligations, and establish status across distances. However, she notes that digital finance also introduces friction, privacy concerns, and predatory inclusion through high-interest loans and automated debt recovery. Rejecting the notion of technological leapfrogging, Dr. Kusimba demonstrates how modern digital tools build directly upon historical monetary traditions. Ultimately, she advocates for fintech design that respects complex social ecologies, addresses networked debt, and incorporates relational value alongside utility. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Sibel Kusimba shared key insights from her publication, “Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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