Land Rent, Capital, Rate of Profit : A Critique of David Harvey's Theory of Urban Land Rent / Ilia Farahani.

Introduction.

Part I Capitalist Urbanization and the Centrality of Land Rent.

Part II Empirical Comparisons of Competing Land-Rent Models.

Part III Theoretical Foundations of Land-Rent Theory.

Appendices and Data Sources.

Provides a critical examination of David Harvey's theory of urban land rent and its departure from Marx's theory of absolute rent. Through theoretical analysis and empirical comparisons, the book evaluates competing approaches to land rent, capitalist urbanization, profit formation, and urban economic development. It contributes to debates in economic geography, political economy, urban studies, and Marxist theory by reassessing the role of land, capital, and rent relations in contemporary capitalism.

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