Anti-Capitalist Chronicles

David Harvey is one of the most cited authors in the humanities and social sciences. A leading theorist in the field of urban studies whom Library Journal called ‘one of the most influential geographers of the later twentieth century,’ he is currently a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of many books, including Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason (Profile Books, 2017) and A Brief History of Neoliberalism (Oxford University Press, 2005).

• Preface - Jordan T. CampEditors’ Note - Jordan T. Camp and Chris CarusoAuthor’s Note - David HarveyAcknowledgements 1. Global Unrest 2. A Brief History of Neoliberalism 3. Contradictions of Neoliberalism 4. The Financialization of Power 5. The Authoritarian Turn 6. Socialism and Freedom 7. The Significance of China in the World Economy 8. The Geopolitics of Capitalism 9. The Growth Syndrome10. The Erosion of Consumer Choices 11. Primitive or Original Accumulation 12. Accumulation by Dispossession 13. Production and Realization 14. Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Climate Change 15. Rate versus Mass of Surplus Value 16. Alienation 17. Alienation at Work: The Politics of a Plant Closure 18. Anti-Capitalist Politics in the Time of COVID-19 19. The Collective Response to a Collective Dilemma Discussion Questions and Further Readings Index

'David Harvey is an inspiration for me, and for people who desperately want a just world order. One of the most perceptive and intelligent thinkers the progressive movement has'