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Reading Karl Polanyi for the Twenty-First Century : Market Economy as a Political Project /

Using Karl Polanyi's analysis of the separation of politics and the economy, the book argues that the market economy is not a spontaneous process, but a 'political project' realized through institutional change where labour, land, money, and currently knowledge are commodities. The co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Buğra, Ayşe (Author), Ağartan, Kaan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Economics.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Methodology/History of Economic Thought.
Economic history.
Macroeconomics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Using Karl Polanyi's analysis of the separation of politics and the economy, the book argues that the market economy is not a spontaneous process, but a 'political project' realized through institutional change where labour, land, money, and currently knowledge are commodities. The contributions explore the impact of this commodification process.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (284 pages)
ISBN:9780230607187
DOI:10.1057/9780230607187