Karl Polanyi and Contemporary Economic Thought
Karl Polanyi and Contemporary Economic Thought
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卡尔·波兰尼与当代经济思想
DOI：
10.1080/00346768900000027
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发表时间：
1989
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1
通讯作者：
J. Stanfield
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作者：
J. Stanfield
本文探讨了卡尔·波兰尼对当代经济思想的意义。这一意义的关键在于“生民”这个词，它指的是经济或民生在人类社会中的地位。当代经济思想被一种习惯性的观念——形式主义所主导，几乎完全排除了对民生问题的思考。本文根据波兰尼的另一个关键主题——脱嵌经济——讨论了形式主义的局限性。波兰尼提出了另一种观点，即实体主义，并认为这种观点为急需的经济思想重建奠定了基础。 形式主义与脱轨经济 波兰尼的形式主义概念不同于当前流行的用法，即当代主流经济学家所使用的复杂的数学工具。[Ward，1972，第 40-44 页；吴，1986，第 1 章。 11 波兰尼的概念更多地与分析焦点或实质有关，而不是与分析技术有关。这个意义上的形式主义强调“经济”一词的节约或最大化的内涵。
This essay examines the significance of Karl Polanyi for contemporary economic thought. The key to this significance is indicated by the expression" lives and livelihood," which refers to the place of economy, or livelihood, in human society. Contemporary economic thought is dominated by an habitual outlook, formalism, which almost completely precludes consideration of the problem of lives and livelihood. This essay discusses the limitations of formalism in light of another key theme of Polanyi, the disembedded economy. An alternative perspective, which Polanyi referred to as substantivism, is presented, and it is argued that this perspective provides the foundation for a much needed reconstruction of economic thought.FORMALISM AND THE DISEMBEDDED ECONOMY Polanyi's conception of formalism is different fmm the currently prevalent usage by which reference is made to the sophisticated, mathematical tools employed by contemporary mainstream economists.[Ward, 1972, pp. 40-44; Woo, 1986, Ch. 11 Polanyi's concept had more to do with analytical focus or substance than with analytical technique. Formalism in this sense emphasizes the economizing or maximizing connotation of the term" economic."