David Harvey's The Enigma of Capital 2: Mostly criticisms

This is the second in a two-part seminar discussion of David Harvey's 2010 book entitled The Engima of Capital. In this second part, we identify weaknesses and take issue with major arguments. Part 1 (separate video) is devoted to the structure and argument of the book.
The participants in the discussion, which occurred in the advanced seminar course in Global Power and Politics, were Prof. Andreas Pickel and senior student Travis McKay.
For further info on Trent University's Global Politics Section as well as the Research Centre for the Critical Study of Global Power and Politics, go to:
www.trentu.ca/globalpolitics
There you can also find Travis McKay's Discussion Paper, "Explaining the financial crisis of 2009: Comparing Stiglitz and Harvey"

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[mejde]

what a pathetically miserable attempt at 'criticism'. stick to being intellectual dead wood floating - nowhere. how delusional and narcistically driven do you have to be to summon the courage to post this sort of unintended self-denunciation on youtube.

[NewCanadians]

@mejde

thanks for watching.

It's good to feel strongly about something.

[tokotokotoko3]

What an annoying prick. How about pointing out mistakes rather than picking single sentences out of context and ridiculing them. Everything he quotes is accurate - even mostly obvious (and I think you'll find "obvious claims" also in any book).