Karl Polanyi and the Paradoxes of the Double Movement

by John Vail

This book offers a critical reconstruction of the double movement, the central thesis of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation, one of the most influential books of the 20th century. The double movement is the establishment of a free market economy and the subsequent effort by society to ameliorate the destructive effects of the market.

In Polanyi's bold vision, the double movement constituted the hidden gear of social change and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415390796
• ISBN13: 9780415390798
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"