The enigma of capital - David Harvey

For three centuries the capitalist system has shaped western society,
informed its rulers, and conditioned the lives of its people. Has the
time come to move beyond it?Using his unrivalled knowledge of the
subject, Harvey lays bare the follies of the international financial
system, looking at the nature of capitalism, how it works and why
sometimes it doesn't. He examines the vast flows of money that surge
round the world in daily volumes well in excess of the sum of all its
economies. He looks at the cycles of boom and bust in the world's
housing and stock markets and shows that periodic episodes of meltdown
are not only inevitable in the capitalist system but essential to its
survival. The Enigma of Capital is a timely call-to-arms for the
end of the capitalism, and makes a compelling case for a new social
order that would allow us to live within a system that could be
responsible, just and humane