Karl Polanyi - The Great Transformation

To allow the market mechanism to be the sole director of the fate of human beings and their natural environment, indeed, even of the amount and use of purchasing power, would result in the demolition of society.

This weeks Green Thought Green Thought comes from the 1944 book The Great Transformation by the late Hungarian economic historian1886 and social philosopher, Karl Polanyi (1886-1964).

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Transformation_%28book%29

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Polanyi