Fictitious Commodities. Rediscovering Polanyi For The 21st Century

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Booklet
Publication date: 
June 2023

Everyone is aware that the market, as a mechanism for the distribution of resources, has affected several areas of our society. From its influence on how we care for children and elderly people to the fields of education and health, there is a general sense that the expansion of the market is difficult to stop. This situation was already predicted in the middle of the last century by Karl Polanyi who warned of the social consequences of this increasing commodification. We will be looking over his work in the course of this booklet, in order to help us understand how far our lives have been affected by the commodification of goods such as work, housing and money itself.

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Author

Guillermo

Casasnovas

Assistant Professor at Esade Business School. PhD in Management from Oxford University, his main area of research is the emergence of new practices at the intersection of the business and social impact worlds, such as social entrepreneurship or impact investing. He is also a member of the social seminar of Cristianisme i Justicia.

Miriam

Feu

Head of the social analysis and advocacy programme of Cáritas Diocesana de Barcelona, she has collaborated in the preparation of various reports such as the report La llar és la clau (2018) on the situation of residential exclusion in Barcelona or the Foessa report. 

David

Murillo Bonvehí

PhD in Sociology from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Graduate in Humanities from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and in Business Administration and Management (UB). Lecturer in the Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability at ESADE (Universitat Ramon Llull). He is a member of the social area of Cristianisme i Justícia.

Inma

Naranjo

Member of the focus group on the economy in CJ. Graduate in Economic and Business Science and Ecclesiastical Studies. Completed a Masters in Financial Markets at the UPF. Currently the Provincial Administrator of the Order of the Company of Mary.

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