Polanyi against the whirlwind

The author argues that market liberalism should be stopped if the 21st century generation is to avoid the re-emergence of fascism and environmental collapse. The author calls on the political left to offer a different political economy to avoid the consequences of market liberalism and warns against economist Karl Polanyi's assertion that market liberalism always leads to the erosion of society's human and natural substance. He also discusses the reasons for the political turmoil in the U.S.