As the Second World War was drawing to a close in 1944, two
great works of political economy were published. One was Hayek''s
The Road to Serfdom, the driving force behind the
free-market revolution in the final quarter of the twentieth
century. The other was Karl Polanyi''s The Great
Transformation. . . . [It] is well worth reading. -Larry
Elliott, The Guardian
"[The Great Transformation] did more than any work of that
generation to broaden and deepen the critique of market
societies."-J
內容簡介:
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.
關於作者:
Karl Polanyi 1886-1964 is considered one of the twentieth
century''s most discerning economic historians. He left his position
as senior editor of Vienna''s leading financial and economic weekly
in 1933, became a British citizen, taught adult extension programs
for Oxford and London Universities, and held visiting chairs at
Bennington College and Columbia University. He is co-author of
Christianity and the Social Revolution; author of The
Great Transformation; Trade and Market in Early Empires with
C.Arnsberg and H.Pearson and posthumously, Dahomey and the
Slave Trade with A.Rotstein.
Joseph E. Stiglitz was formerly chair of President Clinton''s
Council of Economic Advisors, and chief economist of the World
Bank. He is professor of economics at Stanford University, and
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Fred Block is professor of sociology at the University of
California, Davis.