The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles

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**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. – Owen Jones, Columnist, Political Commentator, Author, and Left-Wing Activist Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York and author *of A Brief History of Neoliberalism *, David Harvey introduces new ways of understanding the crisis of global capitalism and the struggles for a better world.* *Amidst waves of economic crises, health crises, class struggle and neo-fascist reaction, few possess the clarity and foresight of world-renowned theorist, David Harvey. Since the publication of his bestselling* A Brief History of Neoliberalism* , Harvey has been tracking the evolution of the capitalist system as well as tides of radical opposition rising against it. Chapters include: ***A Brief History of Neoliberalism *The Financialization of Power* Socialism and Freedom *The Significances of China in the World Economy* The Geopolitics of Capitalism *Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Climate Change* And more! * *While accounting for violence and disaster, Harvey also chronicles hope and possibility. By way of conversations about neoliberalism, capitalism, globalization, the environment, technology, social movements, and crises like COVID-19, he outlines, with characteristic brilliance, how socialist alternatives are being imagined under very difficult circumstances In understanding the economic, political, and social dimensions of the crisis, Harvey’s analysis in* The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles* will be of strategic importance to anyone wanting to both understand and change the world.