Karl Polanyi
Hungarian anthropologist
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Karl Paul Polanyi, was an Austro-Hungarian economic anthropologist, economic sociologist, and politician, best known for his book The Great Transformation, which questions the conceptual validity of self-regulating markets. Wikipedia
Born: October 25, 1886, Vienna, Austria
Died: April 23, 1964 (age 77 years), Pickering, Canada
Influenced: Mark Granovetter, David Graeber, Marshall Sahlins, and more
Education: Eötvös Loránd University
Influenced by: Adam Smith, Bronisław Malinowski, Carl Menger, and more
Nephew: John Polanyi