The Institutional Economics of Karl Polanyi
The Institutional Economics of Karl Polanyi
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卡尔·波兰尼的制度经济学
DOI:
10.1080/00213624.1980.11503767
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1980
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J. Stanfield
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J. Stanfield
This article is prompted by my conviction that Karl Polanyi's contribution to institutional economic theory is substantial and largely neglected by practicing institutionalists. I base my conclusion about the neglect of Polanyi upon casual empiricism. His name is seldom mentioned in the major institutionalist periodical, the Journal of Economic Issues, except by those authors who had a direct, personal relationship with Polanyi, such as Daniel Fusfeld, Allen Sievers, or George Dalton. Polanyi is similarly absent from the major monographs and books on institutional economics, such as Clarence Ayres's articulation of institutional theory, Allan Gruchy's survey of neoinstitutionalism, David Hamilton's overview of evolutionary economics, and others.' Polanyi is not even indexed in works directly concerned with the problems to which he gave his predominant interest.2 My argument will consider, in turn, the animating concerns of Polanyi's work, his general approach or method, and his theory and interpretation of modern capitalism. In a final section, I suggest the contemporary importance of his contributions. In each phase of the discussion, it is my objective to indicate Polanyi's institutionalist pedigree. More specifically, I seek to establish his place within mainstream institutionalism as characterized by Gruchy.3 I am