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Book review: 17 Contradictions and the End of Capitalism by David Harvey
The contradictions are intensifying but, as David Harvey’s new book warns, the future of the broken system lies in the hands of the rentier class, says JOE GILL

17 Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

by David Harvey

(Profile, £14.99)


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