Cram101 Textbook Outlines: Studyguide for the Great Transformation : The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time by Polanyi, ISBN 9780807056790 (Paperback)

from HadriantheBlind

This is a fascinating book, I'm astonished I haven't heard of it earlier.Polanyi is not your run of the mill economist - he does not use equations - he uses context and does not describe events in a vacuum, integrating various disciplines from the social sciences. He describes four elements which...

from aitastaes

In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the ''great transformation'' of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire soc...

from charles.lemos

I know of no work more important to understanding the rise of modern capitalism than this one. It is the antidote to Hayek, von Mises, and Friedman. The work should mark Polanyi as one of the greatest thinkers of all time and certainly he ranks as a great historian. If you want to understand how ...

from charles.lemos

I know of no work more important to understanding the rise of modern capitalism than this one. It is the antidote to Hayek, von Mises, and Friedman. The work should mark Polanyi as one of the greatest thinkers of all time and certainly he ranks as a great historian. If you want to understand how ...