For a New West: Essays, 1919-1958

by Karl Polanyi

Book Overview

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 - that of the renowned social scientist and economic historian, Karl Polanyi.

In his classic work, The Great Transformation, Polanyi documented the impact of the rise of market society on western civilization and captured better than anyone else the destructive effects of the economic, political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745684440
• ISBN13: 9780745684444
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"