The paper offers a perspective on the history and epistemological status of economic anthropology, ranging from the … tradition, associated in the history of anthropology primarily with Karl Polanyi. The deep-rooted confusion that results from … anthropology and the allegedly universal reach of the deductive models that dominate in mainstream (neoclassical) economics. These …

Classically, anthropology supplied a cultural critique, by contrasting the Noble Savage to contemporary institutions … anthropology and other forms of applied anthropology has been to identify areas in contemporary enterprises and institutions where … improvements could be made. Today anthropologists’ engagement with the contemporary world of business in a régime of flexible …

anthropology of time where not only the future, but also the present are a divine (rather than human) creation, and where …