====================== HES POSTING ==================== A discussion of the Polanyi thesis that I have always found well-balanced (that is, recognizing Polanyi's point while acknowledging its weaknesses) is found in Fernand Braudel's _The Wheels of Commerce_ (vol. 2 of _Civilization and Capitalism, 15th - 18th Centuries), at the end of part 2, "Markets and the Economy," in a section entitled "Locating the Market." Ross B. Emmett Editor, HES and CIRLA-L Augustana University College e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~emmer ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]