Neoliberalism and the City

Internationally recognized urban geographer and social theorist David Harvey delivers a keynote lecture at the Middlebury College Symposium, "Urban Landscapes: The Politics of Expression"
(Sep 29, 2006 at Middlebury College)

[@nikzanzev2402]

David Harvey is in my top 5 of greatest intellectuals in human history... But maybe I'm just biased towards his respectable beard!

[@gabydewilde]

wow, great stuff.

[@SunShine-sn9ek]

It is a great lecture

[@apope06]

In Milwaukee we just passed a $104 million street car proposal. I am pissed. With this money we could house every single homeless person in the city. We could do something about 50% unemployment rate for blacks. Time to bring back the progressive movement.

[@PeacefulSojour]

Hey friend Main Street has always been thrown out.

[@dempseys3]

Sorry, Harvey does not understand the distinction between a money user (NY City, households) and a money creator (the Federal government). Federal "debt" is nothing like household debt. Since dollars are a sovereign, fiat currency and have a floating exchange rate, the Federal government can **never** be involuntarily insolvent. It's absurd to even mention it especially in suggesting that we borrow dollars from the Chinese. Where did the Chinese get dollars? think about it.

[@dempseys3]

So how do countries with their own currency "go bankrupt"? Answer: They owe the money in another currency. The U.S. has debts denominated in dollars. Mexico's debt was not denominated in pesos (which it could make without limit), but in dollars. The "bankruptcy" of Mexico following NAFTA occurred because it lifted their capital controls. Neoliberals! Gotta love 'em.

[@Ronriko1]

write you thesis and join the conversation

[@Poetic_Justice1962]

Thanks :)

[@AlemanJuan]

good to have the heads up, i have 1:43:43 to listen to a speech, but not 1:45:43. ;)

[@austinwiser2755]

The owner of the super market stops you, probably by freely hired security personnel, When workers stop working, in the natural logic based world, will stop earning money and seek employment else where, where their skills are more valued. The less skilled worker will then have an opportunity to take the job of the previous worker.

[@martinjanecek4950]

accurate.

[@martinjanecek4950]

and only 355 likes since 2010. JFC

[@saviorcinco]

An American, no doubt.

[@AirSandFire]

An owner.

[@forevershampoo]

Kick that shit big homie 🚬

[@zootsoot2006]

Can anyone please tell me how a geographer knows so much about economics?

[@martinjanecek4950]

why shoudlnt he?

[@jodi183]

He’s an anthropologist.

[@jodi183]

To answer your question 9 years later, anthropology is an extremely broad study of human existence. A lot of anthropologists understand related sciences such as economics, linguistics, sociology, history, etc. Hope that helps.

[@illegalsmirf]

yo momma

[@PONCFGJGTELJF]

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[@Metsada007]

Probably an American.

[@wicksinn]

someone who is not part of the 99%