Kari Polanyi Levitt, Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University, is a legend in the economics profession, famous for her contributions to economic development and economic sovereignty. But she has also had a legendary life: the only child of the influential political economist Karl Polanyi, Kari’s research has carried her from the London Blitz to the Canadian labor movement to the government of Trinidad and Tobago. In this series Polanyi reflects on an extraordinary life, and the extraordinary legacy of her family. Series, description and video by Institute for New Economic Thinking. Formative Years Daughter of the political economist Karl Polanyi and Ilona Duczynska, a leader of th
On 5 September 2020, the closing day of our Multidisciplinary Workshop for Researchers of Food Systems, we are having a public plenary discu