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Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century

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An edition of Great Transformations (2002)

Great Transformations

Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century

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Considers the interplay of economic ideas and institutional change by examining two significant periods: the 1930s when workers demanded institutional change to mitigate economic disfunction and the 1970s when institutions demanded that market-mitigating constraints be changed.

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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
296

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Subjects
liberalism, economic policy, economic thought, social history
People
Karl Polanyi
Places
Sweden, United States
Times
The 20th century

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First Sentence

"While Polanyi's description of the economic disorder caused by the self-regulating market still has great resonance, his prediction of that same market's denouement seems precipitous, at least with the benefit of hindsight."

Table of Contents

Preface Page vii
Acknowledgments Page xi
I. Theory
1. Karl Polanyi and Institutional Change Page 3
2. A Theory of Institutional Change Page 17
II. Cases
3. Building American Embedded Liberalism Page 49
4. Building Swedish Embedded Liberalism Page 96
5. Disembedding Liberalism: Ideas to Break a Bargain Page 126
6. Disembedding Liberralism in the United States Page 152
7. Disembedding Liberalism in Sweden Page 202
III. Conclusion
8. Conclusions Page 251
Index Page 277

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Paperback
Pagination
xii, 284
Number of pages
296
Dimensions
8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
Weight
13.6 ounces

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OL7713102M
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9780521010528
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