The Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy was founded in 1987 in response to the growing recognition of the relevance of Karl Polanyi's work to contemporary society. The Great Transformation, published in 1944, has long been recognized as a twentieth century classic. Karl Polanyi's far-reaching critique of the philosophical and historical foundations of economics liberalism and technological determinism opens important avenues of investigation in scholarly and policy research. The Institute is dedicated to the memory of Karl Polanyi and its principal mission is to encourage dialogue and new intellectual work inspired by his legacy. The Institute is housed in the Samuel Bronfman Building of Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

	The volume Essays on the Theory of the Plantation Economy; A Historical and Institutional Approach to Caribbean Economic Development by Lloyd Best and Kari Polanyi Levitt was launched at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies on February 25, 2010. This volume provides a fascinating insight into the conceptual underpinnings of the theory of plantation economy initiated by the authors in the 1960s as a basis for analyzing the nature of the Caribbean economy.
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We are pleased to announce the special thematic issue of Universitas Forum on "Local economic development and social economy" now available on-line. Please follow this link: http://www.universitasforum.org/index.php/ojs/issue Universitas Forum is an open-access journal: readers are only asked to register to view the full text of the articles: http://www.universitasforum.org/index.php/ojs/user/register

	A Korean translation of The Great Transformation has been published by Ghil Publishers (Seoul, Korea). 2009. ISBN: 978-89-87671-14-7 93300. 657p.