Reading Karl Polanyi for the Twenty-First Century

Market Economy as a Political Project

• Author(s): A. Bugra, K. Agartan, Ay?e Bu?ra,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 267
• ISBN_10: 0230607187
  ISBN_13: 9780230607187
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics , Business & Economics / Economics / General , Business & Economics / Economics / Theory , Business & Economics / Economic History ,

Description:... 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.