Karl Polanyi, the Human Factor
- Episode aired Oct 16, 2014
- 5h 20m
Karl Polanyi's life's work was to reintegrate society and economy - with the latter serving the former. Taking us on a journey from ancient Sumeria to the towers of Frankfurt, this episode o... Read allKarl Polanyi's life's work was to reintegrate society and economy - with the latter serving the former. Taking us on a journey from ancient Sumeria to the towers of Frankfurt, this episode of CAPITALISM argues that commercial transactions have always been embedded in social norms... Read allKarl Polanyi's life's work was to reintegrate society and economy - with the latter serving the former. Taking us on a journey from ancient Sumeria to the towers of Frankfurt, this episode of CAPITALISM argues that commercial transactions have always been embedded in social norms, and that a self-regulating market economy is in no way a natural state of human affairs.... Read all