There is, in short, no 'spatial fix' that can contain the contradictions of capitalism in the long run.

Speculation in land may be necessary to capitalism, but speculative orgies periodically become a quagmire of destruction for capital itself.

Monetary relations have penetrated into every nook and cranny of the world and into almost every aspect of social, even private life.

Capitalists behave like capitalists wherever they are. They pursue the expansion of value through exploitation without regard to the social consequences.

Cities begin to use cultural production as a way to market their city as being unique and special. Of course, the problem with this is that much of culture is very easy to replicate. The uniqueness begins to disappear. Then, we have what I call the "Disneyfication" of society.

Because the earth is not a product of labour it cannot have a value.

The onset of a crisis is usually triggered by a spectacular failure which shakes confidence in fictitious forms of capital.