David Harvey: Quotes about money

David Harvey is British anthropologist. Explore interesting quotes on money.
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“When money functions as measure of value it must truly represent the values it helps to circulate.”

Source: The Limits To Capital (2006 VERSO Edition), Chapter 10, Finance Capital And Its Contradictions, p. 293

“Money must exist before it can be turned into capital.”

Source: The Limits To Capital (2006 VERSO Edition), Chapter 3, Production, Consumption and Surplus Value, p. 95

“Money could not be converted into capital if wage labour did not exist.”

Source: The Limits To Capital (2006 VERSO Edition), Chapter 9, Money, Credit And Finance, p. 253

“If all money capital invests in appropriation and none in actual production, than capitalism is not long for this world.”

Source: The Limits To Capital (2006 VERSO Edition), Chapter 9, Money, Credit And Finance, p. 269