The purpose of this essay is to provide the historian with a generic understanding of the term economy by examining some aspects of the work of the Hungarian “economic historian” Karl Polanyi (1886-1964). It does not seek to explain Polanyi's economic ideas to economists nor does it seek to...

After many years of ‘tinkering around the edges’, financial institutions of today are finally waking up to the fact that they must undertake a total transformation of their operations and technology into efficient, cost effective, customer friendly, and controlled environments. The...