The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time by Fred L. Block, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Karl Polanyi

The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time

Fred L. Block, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Karl Polanyi

360 pages first pub 1944 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self...

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