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Critique of David Harvey's reading of Das Kapital.Michael Roberts BlogCapital.150 part two: the economic reason for madnessMichael Roberts

David Harvey is a Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.Class 5 of his video series on Reading Marx’s Capital, Volume 1 is below. This video deals with Chapters 7, 8 and 9 of volume 1 of Capital.[embedded content]Although I have not yet done Chapter 9, my own critical analysis of chapters 7 and 8 in Capital is here: “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 7: A Critical Summary,” July 31, 2015.“Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 8: A...

David Harvey is a Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.Class 4 of his video series on Reading Marx’s Capital, Volume 1 is below. This video deals with Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of volume 1 of Capital.[embedded content]My own critical analysis of these chapters in Capital is here: “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 4: A Critical Summary,” July 4, 2015.“Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 5: A Critical Summary,” July 6, 2015.“Marx’s Capital,...

David Harvey is a Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.Class 3 of his video series on Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 is below.[embedded content]This video deals with Chapter 3 of volume 1 of Capital.My critical comments: (1) at 8.25 onwards and later at 20.30 Harvey notes that money is no longer a commodity or is convertible into a commodity like gold at fixed rate. But this is quickly dismissed, and glosses over a severe problem...

David Harvey is a Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has produced a video series on Marx’s Capital, and is also the author of these relevant books: Harvey, David. 2010. A Companion to Marx’s Capital. Verso, London and New York.Harvey, David. 2013. A Companion to Marx’s Capital. Volume Two. Verso, London and New York. Class 2 of his video series on Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 is below.[embedded content]This video deals...