Paul Mason on the Crisis

Despite the economic crisis neo-liberalism seems to be winding up for asecond wind.
Paul Mason has an intersting article on the BBC website about this phenomenon.
I’ve been going through the rushes we shot in New York on the day Lehman collapsed, in advance of tonight’s programme – a special edition of Newsnight exploring what’s changed as [...]

Who’d have thunk it? Another round of neo-liberalism

The crisis is an opportunity. But for who?
Increasingly it is starting to seem that the recession, in this country at least, is going to herald yet another round of neo-liberal “reform” of the economy.
All the parties are now fessing up to the fact that the next general election is going to followed by massive public [...]

David Harvey talk on “A Short History of Neoliberalism”

David Harvey’s A Short History of Neoliberalism is one of the best, if not the best, short introduction to the origins and nature of neolibearlsim. It’s concise and easy to read.
There is a talk he did on it on Youtube in five parts. The first is above.

David Harvey’s course on “Capital”

Professor David Harvey, anthropologist and geographer at City University of New York, and author of such excellent books as a Brief History of Neoliberalism and The New Imperialism, is putting his course on reading Capital on line.
The first two lecture are up already.
Apparently it’s very good.
http://davidharvey.org/