David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles

Blackstone, Neoliberalism, and the Housing Crisis


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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 Party’s failure to propose robust housing policies that address the needs of the 50% of Americans living on $30,000–$40,000 annually, emphasizing the irrationality of empty homes coexisting with widespread homelessness.

He advocates for housing as a non-speculative, accessible resource, suggesting municipal and cooperative housing initiatives instead of supporting profit-driven developers. Harvey calls for a reversal of neoliberal wage repression policies established since the 1980s, arguing that addressing wage inequality is critical to solving housing and inflation crises. He concludes by highlighting the lack of political will to address these systemic issues, noting that speculative housing markets and inadequate policies fuel inequality and social instability.

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David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles is co-produced by Politics in Motion. Politics In Motion is a nonprofit organization founded in May 2023 by Prof. David Harvey and Prof. Miguel Robles-Durán, along with Dr. Chris Caruso, instructional technologist, and noted writer and art curator Laura Raicovich. Our anti-capitalist media platform offers piercing insights and thought-provoking analyses on political, social, spatial, cultural, environmental and economic issues through a range of engaging mediums, including YouTube streams, podcasts, and live events. 

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David Harvey's latest book "A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse" (Verso): 

https://www.versobooks.com/products/2930-a-companion-to-marx-s-grundrisse

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