> You should get the book and read it. Harvey sets up the conceptual
> framework very well, and in a more concrete way that Hardt and
> Negri. In fact, I was thinking that Harvey's version of the empire
> brings out the framework for understanding a lot better than most of
> the things I've read, and it is about the current world so there is
> are no anachronisms to deal with---which imo get in the way of older
> works. It is also very quick reading.
>
> Brieftly, he outlines the combination of spatial and temporal
> arrangements and then mixes and matches these to the dynamics of
> capitalism and states, covering finance and production, national
> policies and international agencies (IMF, WTO, GATT, TRIPPS, WB) along
> with regional consortiums like EU and Asian varieties (forgot the
> names).
>
> The result answers the question what empire---it is political,
> economic, geographic and conceptual.
>
> CG
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So will imperialism come to an end when every nation/region from Iceland to Antarctica is capitalist? Does Harvey address the 'varieties of capitalism' literature at all?
Ian