Polanyi Discussion

Class Meetings  1:00-2:40 at 308 Lewisohn Hall
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Robbie McClintock and Frank Moretti, Instructors

• Office hours:
  • McClintock (322 Thompson Hall): Wednesdays, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Thursdays, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. (Schedule slot with Neemisha Martin @ 212 678 3344 or nmartin@tc.edu)
  • Moretti (603 Lewisohn Hall): By appointment (Schedule time with Teresa Gonzales @ 212 854 1692 or teresa@columbia.edu)

Karl Polyani (1886-1964)

• For a brief bio, see A Dictionary of Sociology

Discussion reading

• Karl Polanyi. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time. 1944, 1957. (2nd paperback edition with a Foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz and an Introduction by Fred Block). Boston: Beacon Press, 2001. Chapters 11-21, pp. 136-268. Electronic Reserve. $22.00.

Supplemental resources

• Joseph Stiglitz's "Foreword" to Polanyi's Great Transformation.

• Fred Block's "Introduction" to Polanyi's Great Transformation.

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