A classic work of social science from 'the twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Prospect

'One of the most powerful books in social sciences ever written. ... A must-read.'…

At a recent meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, it was reported that a ghost was haunting the deliberations of the assembled global elite D that of the…

Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation is generally acclaimed as being among the most influential works of economic history in the twentieth century, and remains as vital in the historical conjuncture…

The democratic industrial societies face a deeply-rooted institutional crisis. He created a powerful social economic theory to analyze this institutional impasse and lay the foundation for social reconstruction.

Explores the broad notion of citizenship taking shape in the world economy.

The death of Karl Polanyi in 1964, at seventy-seven, curtailed a productive life in the fields economic history and economic anthropology. Some of his students-impressed with his erudition and disregard…

A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lens What’s wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on…