Author

Publication

2002-09-16 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100521010527
  • ISBN-139780521010528
  • Goodreads53987
  • Open LibraryOL7713102M

Description

Considers the interplay of economic ideas and institutional change by examining two significant periods: the 1930s when workers demanded institutional change to mitigate economic disfunction and the 1970s when institutions demanded that market-mitigating constraints be changed.

First Sentence

While Polanyi's description of the economic disorder caused by the self-regulating market still has great resonance, his prediction of that same market's denouement seems precipitous, at least with the benefit of hindsight.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth CenturyPaperbackCambridge University Press2002-09-16

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