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The Great Transformation
Karl Polanyi's 'The Great Transformation' reveals how the economy disembedded from society, turning land, labor, and money into artificial commodities. This episode explores the profound social and ecological consequences of this shift and society's ongoing struggle to re-embed market forces within human values.
“Karl Polanyi's 'The Great Transformation' reveals how the economy disembedded from society, turning land, labor, and money into artificial commodities. This episode explores the profound social and ecological consequences of this shift and society's ongoing struggle to re-embed market forces within human values.”
— Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation
economic history, political economy, market society
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of economic history, political economy, market society and better judgment in how they apply it.
Karl Polanyi brings a credible and useful lens to economic history, political economy, market society, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.