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The Great Transformation

Karl Polanyi
Beacon Press, 2001
Level: advanced
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Topic: Economic History
page count: 360 pages
ISBN: 9780807056431

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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-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals the renewed importance of Polanyi's seminal analysis in an era of globalization and free trade.
Tags: economic history | finance | free trade | globalization | market capitalism | markets | social change
2002
Level: advanced
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Eli Ginzberg
Transaction Publishers, U.S.A.
2012
Level: beginner
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In the graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas still stalk the land.

The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalism—the theory that market-based solutions are always best, regardless of the problem. For decades, their advocates dominated mainstream economics, and their influence created a system where an unthinking faith in markets led many to view speculative investments as fundamentally safe.

John Quiggin
Princeton University Press
2015
Level: beginner
Introducing a New Economics
This fresh and unique textbook provides students and general readers with an introduction to economics from a new and much needed perspective, characterised by its uniquely pluralist, sustainable, progressive and global approach. Unlike traditional textbooks, Introducing a New Economics contains the key concepts of pluralism, sustainability and justice. It provides students with the central questions covered by economics including resources, work, employment, poverty, inequality, power, capital, markets, money, debt and value.
Jack Reardon, Maria Alejandra Caporale Madi, and Molly Scott Cato
Pluto Press

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