This book extends the boundaries of our understanding of Karl Polanyi's life and work. The contributors consider the links between Polanyi's ideas and income inequality, world systems theory, and comparative political economy. -- .

As the neoliberal order decays, we recall Polanyi's warning against market domination and his trademark ideas: commodified money, the double movement, the US exception development, the reality of society, and socialism as freedom in a complex society. The contributors consider the links between Polanyi's ideas and income inequality, world systems theory, and comparative political economy.