The Perils of Globalization and the Need for a Democratic Developmental State | Polanyi on Polanyi
Channel: New Economic Thinking
Date: 26/02/2020

Kari Polanyi Levitt examines the impact of globalization and financialization on our politics, economy, and society, and the need for policies that are conservative, in the sense that they are protective of humanity and the environment.

About “Polyanyi on Polanyi”:
Kari Polanyi Levitt, Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University, is a legend in the economics profession, famous for her contributions to economic development and economic sovereignty. But she has also had a legendary life: the only child of the influential political economist Karl Polanyi, Kari’s research has carried her from the London Blitz to the Canadian labor movement to the government of Trinidad and Tobago.

In this series Polanyi reflects on an extraordinary life, and the extraordinary legacy of her family.