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Friedrich Engels

1820 – 1895

The Condition of the Working Class in England founded empirical labour economics.

Germany·Political Economy · History

Max Weber

1864 – 1920

Linked bureaucracy, religion and capitalism; founded the sociology of organisations.

Germany·Political Economy · History

Karl Polanyi

1886 – 1964

The Great Transformation showed markets are made by states, not found in nature.

Hungary·Political Economy · History