Reading Karl Polanyi for the Twenty-First Century
Subtitle: Market Economy as a Political Project
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781403983930
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Macroeconomics; Capitalism; Economic Policy; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; Economics - Macroeconomics; Economics - Theory; Business & Economics / Macroeconomics; Economic Conditions; Economics - General; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Economics; Mixed economy; Political aspects
Description: Using Karl Polanyi's analysis of the separation of politics and the economy, this title argues that the market economy is not a spontaneous process, but a 'political project' realized through institutional change where labour, land, money, and knowledge are commodities.