The Enigma of Capital
And the Crises of Capitalism
$42.57
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2011
Summary
For three centuries the capitalist system has shaped western society, informed its rulers, and conditioned the lives of its people. Has the time come to move beyond it?
Using his unrivalled knowledge of the subject, Harvey lays bare the follies of the international financial system, looking at the nature of capitalism, how it works and why sometimes it doesn’t. He examines the vast flows of money that surge round the world in daily volumes well in excess of the sum of all its economie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846683091 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846683092 |
| Author: | David Harvey |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 229g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A lucid and penetrating account of how the power of capital shapes our world – Andrew Gamble * Independent - Book of the Week *
A well-timed call for the overthrow of capitalism … elegant … entertainingly swashbuckling – John Gapper * Financial Times *
David Harvey
David Harvey is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate School and former Professor of Geography at Johns Hopkins and Oxford Universities. The author of numerous books, he was awarded the Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1995 and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.
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