# Quote — David Harvey, The Limits to Capital

> The net worth of the 358 richest people in the world was then found to be 'equal to the combined income of the poorest 45 per cent of the worlds population - 2.3 billion people.'

- Author: [David Harvey](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-harvey.md)
- Book: [The Limits to Capital](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-harvey/the-limits-to-capital.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-harvey/the-limits-to-capital/the-net-worth

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> The accumulation of capital involves the the expansion of value over time.

p. 338 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-harvey/the-limits-to-capital/the-accumulation-of-capital.md)

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

p. 442 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-harvey/the-limits-to-capital/there-is-in-short.md)

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

p. 347 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-harvey/the-limits-to-capital/because-the-earth.md)