内容简介
Inthisclassicworkofeconomichistoryandsocialtheory,KarlPolanyianalyzestheeconomicandsocialchangesbroughtaboutbythe"greattransformation"oftheIndustrialRevolution.Hisanalysisexplainsnotonlythedeficienciesoftheself-regulatingmarket,butthepotentiallydiresocialconsequencesofuntemperedmarketcapitalism.NewintroductorymaterialrevealstherenewedimportanceofPolanyi'sseminalanalysisinaneraofglobalizationandfreetrade.
作者简介
KarlPolanyi(1886-1964)isconsideredoneofthetwentiethcentury'smostdiscerningeconomichistorians.HelefthispositionassenioreditorofVienna'sleadingfinancialandeconomicweeklyin1933,becameaBritishcitizen,taughtadultextensionprogramsforOxfordandLondonUniversities,andheldvisitingchairsatBenningtonCollegeandColumbiaUniversity.Heisco-authorofChristianityandtheSocialRevolution;authorofTheGreatTransformation;TradeandMarketinEarlyEmpires(withC.ArnsbergandH.Pearson)andposthumously,DahomeyandtheSlaveTrade(withA.Rotstein).JosephE.StiglitzwasformerlychairofPresidentClinton'sCouncilofEconomicAdvisors,andchiefeconomistoftheWorldBank.HeisprofessorofeconomicsatStanfordUniversity,andseniorfellowattheBrookingsInstitution.FredBlockisprofessorofsociologyattheUniversityofCalifornia,Davis.