David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles
David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles is a podcast hosted by the renowned Marxist scholar David Harvey, Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York. Drawing on over fifty years of teaching Karl Marx's Capital, Harvey examines contemporary capitalism through a critical lens. Episodes explore political, economic, and social issues, linking current events to broader theoretical frameworks. The show is co-produced with Democracy@Work and later with Politics in Motion, featuring accessible yet rigorous discussions for audiences interested in leftist thought and political economy.
Episodes
Blackstone, Neoliberalism, and the Housing Crisis
David Harvey examines the relationship between wage repression, rising housing costs, and homelessness, presenting a stark critique of capitalist systems that prioritize speculative profits over meeting basic housing needs. He explores how inflation in housing markets, driven by financial speculation and companies like Blackstone, exacerbates economic inequality. Harvey critiques the Democratic Pa
Trumpism vs. Wage Justice
David Harvey reflects on the challenges of addressing inflation and wage repression in the U.S., especially for the 50% of the population struggling to live on $30,000–$40,000 a year. He critiques the Democratic Party's failure to focus on the economic needs of this group, emphasizing that inflation, despite slowing, continues to affect them due to stagnant wages and rising price levels. Harvey ad
Revolt and Recession: The Global Crisis of Higher Education and Work
[S6 E04] Revolt and Recession: The Global Crisis of Higher Education and WorkDavid Harvey reflects on recent protests in Bangladesh as a "canary in the coal mine" for growing global discontent over unequal job opportunities and socioeconomic divides. He explores parallels between the unrest in Bangladesh, Iran, and student movements of the 1960s, highlighting the role of higher education and the p
The Politics of Clans and Castes
[S6 E04] The Politics of Clans and CastesDavid Harvey explores Marx's theory of the capitalist mode of production, emphasizing the importance of understanding both the inner structure and external dynamics of this system. Harvey highlights the contradiction inherent in commodities, where use value and exchange value often clash. He discusses how this contradiction, as outlined by Marx, shapes
World War 3: The Resonance of Unwritten History
[S6 E02] World War 3: The Resonance of Unwritten HistoryStay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgDavid Harvey reflects on the eerie similarities between current global political and economic tensions and those of the 1930s, suggesting a potential repetition of history that could lead to World War III. Drawing on Marx'
Politics In Motion Live #1: From the Labor Theory of Value to Homelessness. Q&A with David Harvey and Miguel Robles-Durán.
Politics In Motion Live #1: From the Labor Theory of Value to Homelessness. Q&A with David Harvey and Miguel Robles-Durán.Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgJoin David Harvey and Miguel Robles-Duran for a compelling Patreon discussion on the intersections of politics, economics, and society. The conversation
Beyond Borders: Class, Nation & Nationalism
[S6 E01] Beyond Borders: Class, Nation & NationalismStay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgProfessor Harvey investigates a very difficult and thorny problem, not only for Marxists, but for everyone, which is how to understand the concept of nation and the role of nationalism and what nationalism might do to our
The Politics of Humiliation
[S5.5 E08] The Politics of HumiliationStay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgIn his book, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, economist John Maynard Keynes warned against the humiliation of Germany at the end of World War I. Keynes argued that if you deal with Germany by humiliating it and draining it of any eco
The Question of Debt in Our Lives
[S5.5 E07] The Question of Debt in Our LivesStay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgLast week Professor Harvey pointed out that the basic means by which consumerism is developed in such a way is to be consistent with the growth of an economy based upon profit seeking was to expand indebtedness. But it turns out that
Where Does Profit Come From?
[S5.5 E06] Where Does Profit Come From?Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgProfessor Harvey takes us back to the very origins of Marx’s Capital by asking the questions, where does profit come from and what are the consequences of profit making? Harvey discusses how the debates between Ricardo and Malthus informed
Mass and the Politics of Scale
[S5.5 E05] Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Mass and the Politics of ScaleStay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgProfessor Harvey discusses the UAW strike and the transformation of the automobile industry. He argues that mere electrification of the automobile cannot solve the environmental crisis. The sheer scale at whic
The Return of McCarthyism (Part 2) — On The New York Times and other Liberal Media
[S5.5 E4] Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: The Return of McCarthyism (Part 2) — On The New York Times and other Liberal MediaStay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgProfessor Harvey discusses the media “red scare” on China and the current persecution of the socialist American philanthropist Roy Singham by The New York Tim
The Return of McCarthyism (Part 1)
[S5.5 E3] Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: The Return of McCarthyism (Part 1)Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgProfessor Harvey discusses the persecution of the scholar Owen Lattimore at the hands of Joseph McCarthy. Owen Lattimore was editor of Pacific Affairs, a journal published by the Institute of Pacific Relati
Capitalist Social Formation vs. OUR PLANET!
[S5.5 E02] Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Capitalist Social Formation vs. OUR PLANET!Stay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgProfessor Harvey discusses the relationship between the mode of production of capital and the context of its social formation. In the previous episode, Harvey shared his analysis of the capitalist
Workers Unite! Emancipation from the Capitalist Totality
[PNM S5 E01] Workers Unite! Emancipation from the Capitalist TotalityStay connected with the latest news from Politics in Motion. Join our mailing list today: https://www.politicsinmotion.orgIn this analysis of the capitalist totality, Professor Harvey provides a critical examination of the exploitative nature of capitalism from the perspective of the emancipated worker. The capitalist totality re
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