The Limits to CapitalA major rereading of Marx’s critique of political economy Now a classic of Marxian economics, The Limits to Capital provides one of the best theoretical guides to the history and geography of capitalist development. In this edition, Harvey updates his seminal text with a substantial discussion of the turmoil in world markets today. Delving into concepts such as “fictitious capital” and “uneven geographical development,” Harvey takes the reader step by step through layers of crisis formation, beginning with Marx’s controversial argument concerning the falling rate of profit and closing with a timely foray into the geopolitical and geographical implications of Marx’s work. |
Contents
COMMODITIES VALUES | 1 |
Appendix THE THEORY OF VALUE | 35 |
THE SHARE OF VARIABLE CAPITAL IN TOTAL SOCIAL PRODUCT | 45 |
THE REDUCTION OF SKILLED TO SIMPLE LABOUR | 57 |
INTEREST RENT AND PROFIT ON MERCHANTS CAPITAL | 68 |
PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION | 75 |
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE THE LABOUR PROCESS | 98 |
THE PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOUR UNDER CAPITALISM | 104 |
FINANCE CAPITAL AND ITS CONTRADICTIONS | 316 |
THE THEORY OF RENT | 330 |
THE LAND MARKET AND FICTITIOUS CAPITAL | 367 |
THE MOBILITY OF VARIABLE CAPITAL AND LABOUR POWER | 380 |
THE LOCATION OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES | 388 |
THE SPATIAL CONFIGURATION OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS | 395 |
THE MOBILITIES OF CAPITAL AND LABOUR TAKEN AS A WHOLE | 405 |
THE REGIONALIZATION OF CLASS AND FACTIONAL STRUGGLE | 419 |
THE CHANGING ORGANIZATION | 137 |
THE DYNAMICS OF ACCUMULATION | 156 |
OVERACCUMULATION DEVALUATION | 190 |
FIXED CAPITAL | 204 |
MONEY CREDIT AND FINANCE | 239 |
FINANCE CAPITAL AND ITS CONTRADICTIONS | 283 |
THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM | 292 |
BUILDING TOWARDS GLOBAL CRISES | 431 |
IMPERIALISM | 439 |
AFTERWORD | 446 |
REFERENCES | 452 |
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analysis argument barriers basis becomes bourgeois capital and labour capitalist mode central bank chapter circulation of capital class relations class struggle commodity production competition composition of capital concept constant capital credit money credit system crises crisis formation devaluation distribution economic equilibrium example exchange value fictitious capital finance capital fixed capital geographical Grundrisse historical individual capitalists industrial interest-bearing capital internal investment labour power labour process landed property law of value Marx Marx's Marxist material means of production mobility mode of production monetary money capital money commodity monopoly organization overaccumulation perpetual prices of production problem production of surplus productive forces rate of exploitation rate of profit realization relative surplus value rent reproduction role social relations socially necessary socially necessary labour society spatial surplus value production technological change Theories of Surplus tion transformation turnover value composition value of labour value theory variable capital volume of Capital wage workers