The power of market fundamentalism : Karl Polanyi's critique /

Block, Fred L.

The power of market fundamentalism : Karl Polanyi's critique / Fred Block, Margaret R. Somers. - Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014. - xii, 296 p. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-285) and index.

Karl Polanyi and the power of ideas -- Beyond the economistic fallacy: the holistic science of Karl Polanyi -- Karl Polanyi and the writing of the Great transformation -- Turning the tables: Polanyi's critique of free market utopianism -- In the shadow of Speenhamland: social policy and the old poor law -- From poverty to perversity: ideational embeddedness and market fundamentalism over two centuries of welfare debate -- The enduring strength of free market conservatism in the United States -- The reality of society.

9780674050716 (alk. paper)

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Polanyi, Karl, 1886-1964.


Free enterprise--History.
Economics--History.
Economics--Sociological aspects--History.
Libre empresa--Historia.
Economía--Historia.
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HB 102 / B651p 2014

330.157