In the sentence, "They are prisoners of the taste patterns and consumption standards set at the centre."(fourth paragraph), what is the meaning of 'centre'?
Explanation:
‘The centre’ here refers to the new mercantilism, multinational corporate system of special alliances and privileges, aid and tariff concessions. In any case since the entire passage deals with multinational corporate system, it does not refer to a specific national government (option 1). Nor does it refer to native capitalists (option 2) or new capitalists (option 3) as they would not be responsible for overall functioning of the centre. Hence, the correct answer is option 4.
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