Watch this an animated short (10 min) clip “The Crises of Capitalism”, narrated by David Harvey in which he engagingly and precisely explains the roots of the current crisis and the essence of neoliberal finance capitalism. It’s also good for teaching as a discussion trigger.
David Harvey isn’t just a prominent social scientist but also an enthusiastic public intellectual commited — as we try to do here in our community — to disseminate the insights of Socio-Political research of the economy to the general public and academics.

And here is the whole lecture (30 min) on which the clip based.