Reading Karl Polanyi for the Twenty-First Century: Market Economy as a Political Project

by Ayşe Buğra, Kaan Agartan

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.

280 pages, Hardcover

First published October 2, 2007