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Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
Distinguished Profess David Harvey
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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
You thought capitalism was permanent? Think again. David Harvey unravels the contradictions at the heart of capitalism-its drive, for example, to accumulate capital beyond the means of investing it, it's imperative to use the cheapest methods of production that leads to consumers with no means of consumption, and its compulsion to exploit nature to the point of extinction. These are the tensions which underpin the persistence of mass unemployment, the downward spirals of Europe and Japan, and the unstable lurches forward of China and India. Not that the contradictions of capital are all bad: they can lead to ... Read more
You thought capitalism was permanent? Think again. David Harvey unravels the contradictions at the heart of capitalism-its drive, for example, to accumulate capital beyond the means of investing it, it's imperative to use the cheapest methods of production that leads to consumers with no means of consumption, and its compulsion to exploit nature to the point of extinction. These are the tensions which underpin the persistence of mass unemployment, the downward spirals of Europe and Japan, and the unstable lurches forward of China and India. Not that the contradictions of capital are all bad: they can lead to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781251614
SKU
V9781781251614
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About Distinguished Profess David Harvey
'David Harvey provoked a revolution in his field and has inspired a generation of radical intellectuals' - Naomi Klein David Harvey is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate School where he has taught since 2001. His course on Marx's Capital, developed with students over forty years, has been downloaded by over two million ... Read more
Reviews for Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
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Book of the Week
Independent
A dynamic re-working of Marx...full of key insights and outside-the-box analysis
Socialist Worker
A well-timed call for the overthrow of capitalism ... elegant ... entertainingly swashbuckling
Financial Times ... Read more
Book of the Week
Independent
A dynamic re-working of Marx...full of key insights and outside-the-box analysis
Socialist Worker
A well-timed call for the overthrow of capitalism ... elegant ... entertainingly swashbuckling
Financial Times ... Read more