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The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi

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The Great Transformation

The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time

by Karl Polanyi

Narrator David Pickering

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Length 13 hours 34 minutes

Language English

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Summary

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.

This audiobook is expertly read by David Pickering, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by David Pickering and Blake Rook.

Business History Politics & Economy Essays Nonfiction