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.
David HarveyMonetary relations have penetrated into every nook and cranny of the world and into almost every aspect of social, even private life.
David HarveyThe onset of a crisis is usually triggered by a spectacular failure which shakes confidence in fictitious forms of capital.
David HarveyThe capacity to transform itself from the inside makes capitalism a somewhat peculiar beast - chameleon-like, it perpetually changes it colour; snake-like, it periodically sheds its skin.
David Harvey