CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. 1. Karl Polanyi and the Power of Ideas 1
5. 2. Beyond the Economistic Fallacy 44
6. 3. Karl Polanyi and the Writing of The Great Transformation 73
7. 4. Turning the Tables: Polanyi’s Critique of Free Market Utopianism 98
8. 5. In the Shadow of Speenhamland: Social Policy and the Old Poor Law 114
9. 6. From Poverty to Perversity: Ideational Embeddedness and Market Fundamentalism over Two Centuries of Welfare Debate 150
10. 7. The Enduring Strength of Free Market Conservatism in the United States 193
11. 8. The Reality of Society 218
12. NOTES 241
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 253
14. INDEX 287