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but can only listen to one at a time, so must choose
these theorists rt. in sense that once you are hooked into market econ. your wants begin to expand [[strikethrough]] rapidly [[/strikethrough]] + often very rapidly.
Alice praises Polanyi as a brilliant man
they are called [[substantivists]] because want to study the "substance" or "basics" of economics
they base theories on premise that "Economics derives from mono dependence for his living upon nature + his fellows . It refers to the interchange between [[strikethrough]] with his natural + social environment insofar as this results in supplying him with the means of material want satisfaction."

an elegant statement, but has problems:
-for one thing, it doesn't mention services
- trys to define a specific domain of human activity (growing potatos, etc.) as economic
how about baseball playing, rock guitar playing, art, entertainment, religion, medicine, psychiatric counceling, 

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etc. all of which bring in big money Alice feels better ∴ to think of economics as an aspect of all behavior an activity can be simultaneously economic, political, and aesthetic playing the Marsaillaise in Nazi-occupied Germany)

not really a criticism of substantivists service once they give this def (which refers to prod) they proceeded to ignore + rest of substantivist lit. talks about distribution systems

3 orig. defined + one more added later:
1. reciprocity (gifts) (note that recipr. sometimes has wider meaning of all types of exchange)
2. redistribution (taxes)
3. exchange/market (price-making markets) (sale)

Alice feels the terms are unfortunate
curious that one of substantivists favorite examples the hula ring which doesn't satisfy any material want