Karl polanyi and the great transformation

In today's world, liberalism and the belief in the idea of selfregulating market are accepted as inseparable parts of democracy and enjoy a widespread popularity around the world. Especially after the dissolution of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), capitalism and free-market economics seem to have gained a complete victory against socialism and ideas about the necessity of interventionism in economics. However, it is also clear that although self-regulating markets have been in presence for centuries and have been applied nearly in all countries, social problems of people around the world do not decrease. IMF policies and the enmity towards interventionism were badly shaken again after the last economic crises. Anti-liberal and anti-globalist ideas have been gaining power in the last years. In fact, the counter movement against liberal economics gained important support in the early 1900s after the Great Depression and the Second World War and forced capitalist countries to adopt welfare regimes until the 1980s when neo-liberal economics has began to dominate the intellectual and political life again.

Karl Polanyi ,

The Great Transformation ,

1886-1964 ,

20. yüzyılın önde gelen iktisatçılarından olan Karl Polanyi (1886-1964), Büyük Dönüşüm adlı eserinde ortaya koyduğu özgün tezler ile halen kapitalizme en ciddi eleştiriyi getirmiş kişilerden biri kabul edilmektedir. Polanyi'nin klasik Marksist tezlerden farklılaşan görüşlerine kapitalizmin ciddi krizler yaşadığı 21. yüzyıl başlarında yeniden göz atmak faydalı olacaktır.

Karl Polanyi, ,

Büyük Dönüşüm ,