The Enigma of Capital : And the Crises of Capitalism (Hardcover)

from Mandarinate

A very readable book that uses the economic crisis that began in 2008-09 as a platform for explaining Marx's ideas and vocabulary and their continuing relevance for understanding financial crises and the human costs of economic development and technical change (read the novel White Tiger). The ea...

from HadriantheBlind

The current financial crisis is one which has unusually lengthy and severe. As also seen in the Great Depression, there have been real questions of whether this is a deeply inherent structural reason behind depression, instead of this being a cyclical matter on a global scale. David Harvey, noted...

from dazzyj

An unrepentant but not avowed Marxist, Harvey moves (too) briskly from an explanation of the 2008 financial crisis to a very broad ranging and hence rather Delphic and vague critique of capitalism over the centuries. Felt rather like I was back at university struggling through and not really unde...

from wonderperson

A first class book that is an exposition of the true nature of destructive capitalism and why an alternative 'Party of indignation-globally' is needed. My words do no justice to a well argued text that is rooted in sound economic and geographical analysis as geography 'places' economic growth wit...

from wonderperson

A first class book that is an exposition of the true nature of destructive capitalism and why an alternative 'Party of indignation-globally' is needed. My words do no justice to a well argued text that is rooted in sound economic and geographical analysis as geography 'places' economic growth wit...