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The Polanyi Institute at Concordia University has announced an upcoming
publication that many of you will find very interesting:

>"Economy and Society. Money, Capitalism and Transition." Fikret Adaman and
>Pat Devine, editors. Black Rose Books, 2001. In resistance to the
>prevailing "seductive" market, and as part of the process of creating,
>organizing and stimulating al alternative to this, this volume of essays
>reinterprets the history of economic thought and re-examines monetary
>theory in general. The authors challenge the idea that money is primary a
>"medium of exchange" that developed as a response to the inconvenience of
>barter. They argue that historically money predates (market) exchange and
>should be seen fundamentally as a means of payment in discharge of a social
>obligation. This volume represents a tribute to the legacy of Karl Polanyi
>in that his work provides the framework and method of analysis around which
>work and action can be organized and stimulated.
>
>Orders can be sent to the Karl Polanyi Institute, e-mail address:
>polanyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  A special price of $32 CAN (plus $3.00 shipping
>and handling) is valid until March 30, 2002.




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