The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
by:
Karl Polanyi (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780848817114 (0848817117)
Publish date: January 3rd 2012
Publisher: Amereon Ltd
Pages no: 326
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
Literature,
20th Century,
Economics,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Anthropology,
Theory
Foreword, by Joseph E. StiglitzIntroduction, by Fred BlockNote on the 2001 EditionAuthor's Acknowledgments--The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our TimeNotes on Sources:1. Balance of Power as Policy, Historical Law, Principle, and System2. Hundred Years' Peace3. The Snapp...
Despite two very serious flaws, this is a major, important, path-breaking and near-classic work. First Polanyi proves that capitalism is just historical contingency; something that probably desperately needed to be said back then, since even the biggest critic of capitalism thought it was necessary....
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