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Also Known As	Karl Paul Polanyi
Born	October 25, 1886 • Vienna • Austria
Died	April 23, 1964 (aged 77) • Canada
Notable Works	“Dahomey and the Slave Trade” • “The Great Transformation” • “Trade and Markets in the Early Empires”
Subjects Of Study	economic system • market • Dahomey • slave trade

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