Karl Polanyi on ethics and economics
By: Gregory Baum.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Montreal; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Polanyi, Karl, 1886-1964; Economists -- Hungary; Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: Breaking new ground in Polanyi scholarship, Gregory Baum explores the relation between ethics, culture, and economics in Karl Polanyi's interpretation of modern economic and social history, clarifies the ethical presuppositions present in Polanyi's work, and addresses how Polanyi's understanding of the relation between ethics and economics touches on many issues relevant to the contemporary debate about the world's economic future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [85]-91) and index.
A "slightly edited version" of the Sproule lectures on Christian ethics presented in February 1993 at McGill.