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Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH

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Photo de la première de couverture du livre Géographie de la domination. Capitalisme et production de l'espace, de David Harvey et préfacé par Cécile Gintrac.

Photo de la première de couverture du livre Géographie de la domination. Capitalisme et production de l'espace, de David Harvey et préfacé par Cécile Gintrac.

Citation extraite du chapitre 4, page 184 : « L’accumulation du capital a toujours été une affaire profondément géographique. Sans la possibilité de l’expansion géographique, de la réorganisation spatiale et du développement géographique inégal, le capitalisme aurait depuis longtemps cessé de fonctionner en tant que système économico-politique. »

Citation extraite du chapitre 4, page 184 : « L’accumulation du capital a toujours été une affaire profondément géographique. Sans la possibilité de l’expansion géographique, de la réorganisation spatiale et du développement géographique inégal, le capitalisme aurait depuis longtemps cessé de fonctionner en tant que système économico-politique. »

Sommaire : préface de Cécile Gintrac, page 9. Chapitre 1, « Le capitalisme, fabrique de la fragmentation », page 29. Chapitre 2, « L’art de la rente », page 47. Chapitre 3, « Géopolitique du capitalisme », page 95. Chapitre 4, « Géographie du pouvoir de classe », page 183.

Sommaire : préface de Cécile Gintrac, page 9. Chapitre 1, « Le capitalisme, fabrique de la fragmentation », page 29. Chapitre 2, « L’art de la rente », page 47. Chapitre 3, « Géopolitique du capitalisme », page 95. Chapitre 4, « Géographie du pouvoir de classe », page 183.

Quatrième de couverture : « Constamment, la logique de l’accumulation bouleverse les équilibres économiques et politiques, la technique et le travail, l’environnement et le climat, les sociétés et les formes de vie. Le capitalisme est, à quelque échelle qu’on le considère, un système de production et de l’espace, c’est-à-dire un pouvoir de façonner les lieux, de modifier en profondeur les paysages, de transformer les rapports spatio-temporels. L’uniformisation du monde par le marché implique une incessante prolifération des différences – économiques, sociales, géographiques, culturelles, géopolitiques. Ce dynamisme fait du capitalisme un ensemble instable, en proie à des crises chroniques, perpétuellement contraint d’inventer des « solutions spatiales » aux contradictions qui le minent et aux catastrophes diverses qu’elles engendrent. Production et destruction, homogénéisation et différenciation : pour comprendre ce mode de production, donc briser les rapports inégalitaires qui le fondent, il est essentiel de saisir ses logiques spatiales. C’est à cela que nous invite l’œuvre du géographe David Harvey, à laquelle ce livre se veut une introduction accessible. »

Quatrième de couverture : « Constamment, la logique de l’accumulation bouleverse les équilibres économiques et politiques, la technique et le travail, l’environnement et le climat, les sociétés et les formes de vie. Le capitalisme est, à quelque échelle qu’on le considère, un système de production et de l’espace, c’est-à-dire un pouvoir de façonner les lieux, de modifier en profondeur les paysages, de transformer les rapports spatio-temporels. L’uniformisation du monde par le marché implique une incessante prolifération des différences – économiques, sociales, géographiques, culturelles, géopolitiques. Ce dynamisme fait du capitalisme un ensemble instable, en proie à des crises chroniques, perpétuellement contraint d’inventer des « solutions spatiales » aux contradictions qui le minent et aux catastrophes diverses qu’elles engendrent. Production et destruction, homogénéisation et différenciation : pour comprendre ce mode de production, donc briser les rapports inégalitaires qui le fondent, il est essentiel de saisir ses logiques spatiales. C’est à cela que nous invite l’œuvre du géographe David Harvey, à laquelle ce livre se veut une introduction accessible. »

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Video: David Harvey presents The Story of Capital [book-strip index="1"] Over the decades, David Harvey has won the acclaim of students and academics for his teaching of Marx’s work, with a particular focus on Capital. Chapter by chapter – sometimes ...

The Story of Capital, What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works is now available from @versobooks.bsky.social

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New Course: The ABC of Contemporary Capital Marx’s mission statement at the heart of the Grundrisse reads as follows: “The exact development of the concept of capital is necessary since it is the fundamental concept of modern economics, just…

My sixth free online course, The ABC of Contemporary Capital, a survey of Marx’s political economic writings in 13 sessions, was based on early manuscripts of what later became my new book, The Story of Capital.

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Reading Capital Courses: Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 with David Harvey (2019 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I with David Harvey (2007 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 2 with David Har…

I've made 7 free online courses to help you read Karl Marx

Reading Marx's Capital v1 (2019 & 2007 eds)
Reading Marx's Capital v2
Reading Marx's Grundrisse (2023 & 2020 eds)
Marx, Capital, & the Madness of Economic Reason
The ABC of Contemporary Capital

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David Harvey at Ninety Late last year David Harvey reached the august age of ninety. There can be very few who have made such far reaching contributions to the field. In his honor, there have been a number of celebration…

'Geographers of the world unite'
Kevin Cox in praise of 'restless scholar' @davidharvey.org
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This essay is part of this week's edition of the Best of Political Economy: buff.ly/WLMw523

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Marxism can still change the world I have spent my life interpreting capitalism in order to build an alternative

This piece revisits Marx’s core ideas, breaking them down to reveal how individual capitalist pursuits exacerbate systemic instability, as competition drives labor productivity up while profitability falls.

By @davidharvey.org in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social

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06.03.2026 14:03 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Two books. David Harvey’s The Story of Capital and Chelsi West Ohueri’s Encountering Race in Albania

Two books. David Harvey’s The Story of Capital and Chelsi West Ohueri’s Encountering Race in Albania

Came home to two new books. Skimmed a few chapters of Chelsi West Ohueri’s and i can see it working for a few different classes: ethnographic methods; ethnographic writing; race; anthro of Europe…

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David Harvey sobre el marxismo para el siglo XXI - Jacobin Revista Karl Marx desarrolló su crítica al capitalismo estudiando las «fábricas satánicas» de Inglaterra. Sin embargo, entendía el capitalismo como un sistema global. Si estuviera vivo, insistiría en que los ...

Karl Marx desarrolló su crítica al capitalismo estudiando las «fábricas satánicas» de Inglaterra. Sin embargo, escribe David Harvey, entendía el capitalismo como un sistema global. Si estuviera vivo, insistiría en que los socialistas se centraran tanto en Silicon Valley como en Shenzhen.

05.03.2026 20:18 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Le néolibéralisme comme "projet de classe". Entretien avec David Harvey - Contretemps Dans cet entretien, David Harvey revient sur la crise du capitalisme, comprise comme la crise de ce "projet de classe" qu'est le néolibéralisme. Il y évoque également les transformations de la classe ...

Dans cet entretien, David Harvey revenait sur la crise de ce projet de classe qu'est le néolibéralisme. Il évoquait aussi les transformations de la classe travailleuse, le rôle que peuvent jouer les intellectuel·les critiques et la nécessité d'une vision utopique 👇
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04.03.2026 20:54 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works
THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works In The Story of Capital, the world's foremost Marxist geographer and economist takes us by the hand on a tour of contemporary capitalism. Over the decades, David Harvey has won the acclaim of…

"The American empire that has sheltered capital for so long is starting to crack."

The world's leading Marxist geographer and economist @davidharvey.org takes us by the hand to guide us through Marx's masterwork in his new book, The Story of Capital.

03.03.2026 18:15 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
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Three hour train journey ahead, but I have a new book to get into by @davidharvey.org

02.03.2026 20:29 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works
THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works In The Story of Capital, the world's foremost Marxist geographer and economist takes us by the hand on a tour of contemporary capitalism. Over the decades, David Harvey has won the acclaim of…

The Story of Capital by @davidharvey.org is essential reading for all those trying to grasp the nature of contemporary capitalism.

28.02.2026 15:02 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Image of a copy of the book: The Story of Capital by David Harvey

Finally here, excited to read this @davidharvey.org @versobooks.bsky.social

27.02.2026 22:08 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

@davidharvey.org thank you so much for that course you have on youtube to guide people through capital volume 1. Helped me through it the first time and its gonna help again now that I am rereading it 🙏

27.02.2026 17:22 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I plainly got way too busy because I missed that @davidharvey.org -- whose regularly updated YouTube lecture series on reading Marx was essential to both me and hundreds of thousands of others finally grasping the material -- has a new book out. So looking forward to diving in.

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THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works
THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works In The Story of Capital, the world's foremost Marxist geographer and economist takes us by the hand on a tour of contemporary capitalism. Over the decades, David Harvey has won the acclaim of…

For decades, @davidharvey.org has been teaching Marx's work. This new book opens up the mental universe of that work for a general reader.

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A Chinese version of Harvey’s Anti-capitalist chronicles

A Chinese version of Harvey’s Anti-capitalist chronicles

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A book for both Marxists and neoliberals to read.
My favorite quote from the book by Polanyi: True freedom begins when we step away from the market economy-
Wishing everyone a relaxing post-work life from the 7th day of the Lunar New Year.
• The author, David Harvey, is a Marxist, so he doesn't hesitate to praise the great achievements of his motherland.
• He dedicates a significant portion of the book to interpreting neoliberalism, adopting a relatively subjective and negative stance, which is quite comforting.
•Throughout the book, he constantly quotes Marx's views and *Das Kapital*, which is immensely helpful for understanding Marxism.
• He summarizes and makes predictions about the global and Chinese economies, which are not entirely accurate but highly enlightening.
•He provides interpretations of neoliberalism, Keynesianism, Marxism, neoclassical economics, and more, serving a clear educational purpose.
I highly recommend this book; the translation is very accessible and easy to understand. #reading

6:13 .の Following 97 老鱼的江湖 A book for both Marxists and neoliberals to read. My favorite quote from the book by Polanyi: True freedom begins when we step away from the market economy- Wishing everyone a relaxing post-work life from the 7th day of the Lunar New Year. • The author, David Harvey, is a Marxist, so he doesn't hesitate to praise the great achievements of his motherland. • He dedicates a significant portion of the book to interpreting neoliberalism, adopting a relatively subjective and negative stance, which is quite comforting. •Throughout the book, he constantly quotes Marx's views and *Das Kapital*, which is immensely helpful for understanding Marxism. • He summarizes and makes predictions about the global and Chinese economies, which are not entirely accurate but highly enlightening. •He provides interpretations of neoliberalism, Keynesianism, Marxism, neoclassical economics, and more, serving a clear educational purpose. I highly recommend this book; the translation is very accessible and easy to understand. #reading

Cool seeing a @davidharvey.org book being discussed on rednote!

25.02.2026 11:14 👍 37 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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David Harvey on Marxism for the 21st Century Karl Marx developed his critique of capitalism by studying England’s “satanic mills.” But, as David Harvey writes, he understood capitalism as a global system. Were he alive today, he would insist that socialists focus on Silicon Valley as much as Shenzhen.

Karl Marx developed his critique of capitalism by studying England’s “satanic mills.”

But, as David Harvey writes, he understood capitalism as a global system. Were he alive today, he would insist that socialists focus on Silicon Valley as much as Shenzhen.

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The Story of Capital For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...

www.versobooks.com/products/337...

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David Harvey on Marxism for the 21st Century Karl Marx developed his critique of capitalism by studying England’s “satanic mills.” But, as David Harvey writes, he understood capitalism as a global system. Were he alive today, he would insist tha...

Thanks to @jacobinmag.bsky.social for publishing an extract from my new book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, published by @versobooks.bsky.social today, February 24.

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Video: David Harvey presents The Story of Capital [book-strip index="1"] Over the decades, David Harvey has won the acclaim of students and academics for his teaching of Marx’s work, with a particular focus on Capital. Chapter by chapter – sometimes ...

Out now: David Harvey presents The Story of Capital.

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The Story of Capital For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...

www.versobooks.com/products/337...

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THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works
THE STORY OF CAPITAL by David Harvey | What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works YouTube video by Verso Books

Today, February 24th, is publication day for my latest book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, published by @versobooks.bsky.social

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The Story of Capital For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...

www.versobooks.com/products/337...

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Marxism can still change the world I have spent my life interpreting capitalism in order to build an alternative

Problems have solutions. Contradictions do not. They are permanent points of tension that can only be managed within the system in which they are embedded. They only go away when the system as a whole disappears.

www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Marxism can still change the world I have spent my life interpreting capitalism in order to build an alternative

I have spent my life interpreting capitalism in order to build an alternative

Marxism can still change the world, by David Harvey

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The Story of Capital For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...

Out next Tuesday from @versobooks.bsky.social

www.versobooks.com/products/337...

21.02.2026 15:15 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
The Story of Capital book

The Story of Capital book

James Folta, Lit Hub, Most Anticipated Books of 2026:

"Harvey’s ability to entangle the dense work and make it legible is unparalleled, and I’m looking forward to this new book about Marx’s influential economic text, and what Harvey has to teach about its lessons."

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