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Price is Wrong
Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet
Häftad, 2025
164 kr
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RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCES mean it is typically cheaper to produce electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels. Yet, around the world, the transition to green energy is happening too slowly if it is happening at all. As Brett Christophers argues, the problem is rooted in the absurdist …
Our Lives in Their Portfolios
Why Asset Managers Own the World
Häftad, 2024
164 kr
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Banks have taken a backseat since the global financial crisis over a decade ago. Today, our new financial masters are asset managers, like Blackstone and BlackRock. And they don't just own financial assets.The roads we drive on; the pipes that supply our drinking water; the farmland that provides …
Rentier Capitalism
Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?
Häftad, 2022
420 kr
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In this landmark book, the author of The New Enclosure provides a forensic examination and sweeping critique of early-twenty-first-century capitalism. Brett Christophers styles this as 'rentier capitalism', in which ownership of key types of scarce assets - such as land, intellectual property, …
House Society
Life on the Margins of the Modern World
Inbunden, 2027
271 kr
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The world is in the midst of a deep and worsening housing crisis. It has caused rents to soar in Britain, millions to protest in Spain, and a government to collapse in Sweden. Under a global ideology that exalts homeownership above all else, on every continent we see greed trump the human need for …
David Harvey
A Critical Introduction to His Thought
Av Noel Castree, Greig Charnock m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2131 kr
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David Harvey is among the most influential Marxist thinkers of the last half century. This book offers a lucid and authoritative introduction to his work, with a structure designed to reflect the enduring topics and insights that serve to unify Harvey’s writings over a long period of time.Harvey’s …
David Harvey
A Critical Introduction to His Thought
Av Noel Castree, Greig Charnock m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
371 kr
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David Harvey is among the most influential Marxist thinkers of the last half century. This book offers a lucid and authoritative introduction to his work, with a structure designed to reflect the enduring topics and insights that serve to unify Harvey’s writings over a long period of time.Harvey’s …
David Harvey
A Critical Introduction to His Thought
Av Brett Christophers, Greig Charnock m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
433 kr
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David Harvey is among the most influential Marxist thinkers of the last half century. This book offers a lucid and authoritative introduction to his work, with a structure designed to reflect the enduring topics and insights that serve to unify Harvey’s writings over a long period of time. Harvey’s …
David Harvey
A Critical Introduction to His Thought
Av Brett Christophers, Greig Charnock m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
433 kr
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David Harvey is among the most influential Marxist thinkers of the last half century. This book offers a lucid and authoritative introduction to his work, with a structure designed to reflect the enduring topics and insights that serve to unify Harvey’s writings over a long period of time. Harvey’s …
Great Leveler
Capitalism and Competition in the Court of Law
Inbunden, 2016
489 kr
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For all the turmoil that roiled financial markets during the Great Recession and its aftermath, Wall Street forecasts once again turned bullish and corporate profitability soared to unprecedented heights. How does capitalism consistently generate profits despite its vulnerability to destabilizing …
Envisioning Media Power
On Capital and Geographies of Television
Inbunden, 2009
1701 kr
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Envisioning Media Power develops an original geographical perspective on the nature and exercise of power in the international television economy. It uses theories of political economy as the basis for a comparative empirical examination of the UK and New Zealand television markets, while closely …
Envisioning Media Power
On Capital and Geographies of Television
Häftad, 2010
854 kr
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Envisioning Media Power develops an original geographical perspective on the nature and exercise of power in the international television economy. It uses theories of political economy as the basis for a comparative empirical examination of the UK and New Zealand television markets, while closely …
Positioning the Missionary
John Booth Good and the Confluence of Cultures in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia
Inbunden, 1998
1182 kr
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Positioning the Missionary examines Anglican missionary work in nineteenth-century British Columbia. Its chief protagonists are John Booth Good, an agent of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and the Nlha7kapmx poeple of southwestern B.C. Asking why the Nkha7kapmx embraced Good, how he …
Banking Across Boundaries
Placing Finance in Capitalism
E-bok, 2013
319 kr
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This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual ''placement''. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking ''productiveness'' have evolved alongside the shifting …
Banking Across Boundaries
Placing Finance in Capitalism
E-bok, 2013
978 kr
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This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual ''placement''. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking ''productiveness'' have evolved alongside the shifting …
Economic Geography
A Critical Introduction
Av Brett Christophers, Trevor J. Barnes
E-bok, 2017
472 kr
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This volume in the celebrated Critical Introductions to Geography series introduces readers to the vibrant discipline of economic geography. The authors provide an original definition of the discipline, and they make a strong case for its vital importance in understanding the dynamic …
Economic Geography
A Critical Introduction
Av Brett Christophers, Trevor J. Barnes
E-bok, 2017
1140 kr
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This volume in the celebrated Critical Introductions to Geography series introduces readers to the vibrant discipline of economic geography. The authors provide an original definition of the discipline, and they make a strong case for its vital importance in understanding the dynamic …
Economic Geography
A Critical Introduction
Av Trevor J. Barnes, Brett Christophers
Häftad, 2018
412 kr
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This volume in the celebrated Critical Introductions to Geography series introduces readers to the vibrant discipline of economic geography. The authors provide an original definition of the discipline, and they make a strong case for its vital importance in understanding the dynamic …
Money and Finance After the Crisis
Critical Thinking for Uncertain Times
Av Geoff Mann, Andrew Leyshon m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
326 kr
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Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance continue to shape global political economy and …
Money and Finance After the Crisis
Critical Thinking for Uncertain Times
Av Geoff Mann, Andrew Leyshon m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
978 kr
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Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance continue to shape global political economy and …
Money and Finance After the Crisis
Critical Thinking for Uncertain Times
Av Brett Christophers, Andrew Leyshon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
888 kr
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Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance continue to shape global political economy and …
Money and Finance After the Crisis
Critical Thinking for Uncertain Times
Av Brett Christophers, Brett Christophers m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
296 kr
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Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance continue to shape global political economy and …
Banking Across Boundaries
Placing Finance in Capitalism
Häftad, 2013
287 kr
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This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have evolved alongside the shifting loci of …
Banking Across Boundaries
Placing Finance in Capitalism
Inbunden, 2013
846 kr
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This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have evolved alongside the shifting loci of …
New Enclosure
The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain
Häftad, 2019
153 kr
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Much has been written about Britain's trailblazing post-1970s privatization program, but the biggest privatization of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: the privatization of land. Since Margaret Thatcher took power in 1979, and hidden from the public eye, about 10 per cent of the entire …
New Enclosure
The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain
E-bok, 2018
130 kr
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Much has been written about Britain''s trailblazing post-1970s privatization program, but the biggest privatization of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: the privatization of land. Since Margaret Thatcher took power in 1979, and hidden from the public eye, about 10 per cent of the entire …
Doreen Massey
Critical Dialogues
Av Marion Werner, Jamie Peck m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
571 kr
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Doreen Massey was a creative scholar, inspiring teacher and restless activist. Her path-breaking thinking about space, place, politics and economy changed not only geography but the critical social sciences, initiating new ways of seeing, understanding and indeed transforming the world. This …
Doreen Massey Reader
Av Brett Christophers, Rebecca Lave m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
489 kr
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Doreen Massey (1944–2016) changed geography. Her ideas on space, region, labour, identity, ethics and capital transformed the field itself, while also attracting a wide audience in sociology, planning, political economy, cultural studies, gender studies and beyond. The significance of her …
Rentier Capitalism
Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?
E-bok, 2020
130 kr
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In this landmark book, the author of The New Enclosure provides a forensic examination and sweeping critique of early-twenty-first-century capitalism. Brett Christophers styles this as ''rentier capitalism'', in which ownership of key types of scarce assets - such as land, intellectual property, …
Price is Wrong
Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet
Inbunden, 2024
324 kr
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What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable?This is Brett Christophers' claim. The global economy is moving too slowly toward …
Price is Wrong
Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet
E-bok, 2024
174 kr
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What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable? This is Brett Christophers'' claim. The global economy is moving too slowly toward …
