Author

Books by Karl Polanyi

Karl Polanyi (1886–1964) was an Austro-Hungarian economic historian and social theorist who spent much of his later career in the United States and Canada. He taught at Columbia University and was a founding figure of economic anthropology. The Great Transformation, published in 1944, drew on his earlier research in economic history and was written during his time in the United States after fleeing Europe. His other major work is Trade and Market in the Early Empires, a collection of essays on pre-capitalist economic systems. His ideas influenced economic sociology, development economics, and political economy across the political spectrum.