This volume considers how the work of Polanyi can contribute to our understanding of the relationship between market and society.

Market Society provides an original and accessible review of changing conceptions of the market in modern social thought. The book considers markets as social i

An exploration of the social structures at the heart of capitalist economies from feudal England through to the modern day.

Since the mid-twentieth century Albert O. Hirschman has been known for his innovative, lucid, and brilliantly argued contributions to economics, the history of

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