For a new West: essays, 1919-1958

Preface / Kari Polanyi Levitt

Introduction / Giorgio Resta

Part I. Economy, technology and the problem of freedom

For a new West

Economic and freedom to shape our social destiny

Economic history and the problem of freedom

New frontiers of economic thinking

II. Institutions matter

The contribution of institutional analysis to the social sciences

The nature of international understanding

The meaning of peace

The roots of pacifism

Culture in a democratic England of the future

Experiences in Vienna and America : America

III. How to make use of the social sciences

How to make use of the social sciences

On political theory

Public opinion and statesmanship

General economic history

Market elements and economic planning in antiquity

IV. Crisis and transformation

The crucial issue today : a response

Conflicting philosophies in modern society

The eclipse of panic and the outlook for socialism

Five lectures on the present age of transformation : the passing of the ninteenth-century civilization

Five lectures on the present age of transformation : the trend toward an integrated society

Postface / Mariavittoria Catanzariti.