In this short RSA Animate, radical sociologist David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism, towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that could be responsible, just and humane. View his full lecture at the RSA. Download a transcript of this video (pdf).
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it would be great to have acess to a downloadable Hi-Res image of the final drawing
Do you mean: reading the same economists who are directly responsible for our shitty situation (they put an end to five hundred years of occidental domination over the world, the balance of powers now shifting to Asia?). Maybe we should get rid of what you call "economics" and replace it by something like philosophy + management studies/organization theory at a very deep level ? Maybe you should learn what true knowledge is (certainly not what you are taught)?
Maybe you should begin by asking what "money" is, what "credit" is, what "liquidity" is (fucking metaphysical nonsense the way keynesian, marxists and libertarians still understand it...) and you would understand how it has nothing to do with economics and everything to do with antropology you dumbass.
Do not EVEN talk about what you will never understand, as a economist. This is out of your range of intelligibility.
By the way, libertarianism is one thing, marxism another one, neo-republicanism something else, as is classical political rationalism too... Don't think there are only two ways of thinking. Capitalism and marxism are both materialism and are both total failure. Either we get rid of our "capitalism or barbary" culture either we will be soon kicked out of History. The second version is probably the most plausible though.
Better yet, read Dr. Michael Hudson > http://michael-hudson.com/
...and learn how to spell "systemic".
Excellent--now we can go on to David Harvey's new book on the enigma of capitalism.
I like the way he describes tax breaks as a subsidy.. lol.. since when has having your money Not stolen from you, been a subsidy.. Oh boy!!