Kari Polanyi Levitt (born June 14, 1923 in

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)''Biography'' (Kari Polanyi Levitt website. http://www.karipolanyilevitt.com/biography/.) is a Canadian

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, currently Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University, Montreal. She is known for her work on economic development and economic sovereignty, and in particular for her 1970 book ''Silent Surrender: The Multinational Corporation in Canada''. She is also the literary executor of her father, the economic historian

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Life

Polanyi Levitt relocated to England with her father in 1933 and attended

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and the

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. After graduating in 1947 she moved to Canada, and in 1950 married the Canadian historian Joseph Levitt. She received a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Toronto in 1959, and joined the Department of Economics at McGill University in 1961. Over the next decade she undertook research projects for Statistics Canada and for the

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in addition to her work at McGill. Her position paper for the NDP on foreign direct investment in Canada eventually became "Silent Surrender." Polanyi Levitt has maintained contact with colleagues in the Caribbean throughout her career and has held several posts as a visiting professor at the University of the West Indies, as well as serving as an advisor on the creation of a system of national accounts for the government of Trinidad and Tobago. She has written, edited and co-edited four volumes related to Caribbean economics. In 2008, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of the West Indies.''Caribbean Connection'' (Kari Polanyi Levitt website. http://www.karipolanyilevitt.com/caribbean-connection/.)

Works

* (Ed. with Radhika Desai) ''Karl Polanyi and Twenty-First Century Capitalism'' (2020) * ''From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization: On Karl Polanyi and Other Essays: Kari Polanyi Levitt '' (2013) * (With Lloyd Best) ''Essays on the Theory of Plantation Economy: A Historical And Institutional Approach to Caribbean Economic Development (book), (With Lloyd Best) '' (2009) * '' Reclaiming Development: Independent Thought and Caribbean Community '' (2005) * (Ed.) ''The George Beckford Papers '' (2000) * (Ed. with 'Kenneth McRobbie) ''Karl Polanyi in Vienna '' (2000) * ''The Life and Work of Karl Polanyi '' (1990) * ''Silent Surrender: the Multinational Corporation in Canada'' (1970)

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External links

The Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy
- The Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University website.
Kari Polanyi Levitt website
- Kari Polanyi Levitt website
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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Levitt, Kari Polanyi Canadian economists Canadian women economists 1923 births Living people Austrian Jews Canadian people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Jewish Canadian scientists Polányi family Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom British emigrants to Canada