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7 months ago

in Yup: Over Seventy Buck per Hour on Will Wilkinson
Would you perchance describe them as trust fund scumbags?

1 year ago

in Clark on Polanyi (the Bad One) on Will Wilkinson
I fear Clark glosses over why other social scientists actually enjoy the book. Even if you disagree about the consequences of laissez-faire or Polanyi's anthropological claims, I think his point about the embeddedness of markets in society is still worth considering and is probably the main reason sociologists and others still recommend the book. I think Clark's general aversion to institutional explanations for economic outcomes (see also his negative review of Avner Greif's book) precludes him from giving this full consideration.

Santhi Hejeebu and Deirdre McCloskey had a really interesting piece on Polanyi a few years ago in Critical Review. I cannot find a non-gated link online, but here is a response they wrote to a critic of their original essay.
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