True or false? karl polanyi argues that complete control over the market by the state is the only way to secure the protection of people and the environment from the unhinged nature of capitalist markets.

Karl Polanyi did not say that complete control over the market by the state is the only way to secure the protection of people and the environment from the unhinged nature of capitalist markets.  So the given statement is False.

Explanation:

Karl Polanyi stated that development of states should always go hand in hand with that of the market and that such a change has been indissolubly linked in history. The change to market economy from pre-modern economy was actually harming the human relationships and institutions. Such changes as per Polyani caused destruction of basic social order of the pre-modern history reign.

He stated formation of self-regulating market required separation of Economic and political realms.  He did not deny that the self-regulating markets have brought huge amount of material wealth, but he suggests that this is too narrow a focus and more focus should be given on the broader aspects.

as university of miami psychologists debra lieberman and adam smith pointed out in a recent article in the journal current directions in psychological science, humans have social and psychological mechanisms to deter incest. with very few exceptions, marriages between brothers and sisters and between parents and their children are verboten in every human culture. the primary psychological anti-incest mechanism is the yuck response. even the idea of sex with their mom or dad, bro or sis is upsetting to most people. the psychologist jonathan haidt has found that nearly everyone is repelled by the prospect of brother-sister sex, even in hypothetical situations in which there is no chance of pregnancy).

the biological cost of incest

this raises an interesting question: just what’s so bad about incest? sure, having sex with your dad or your sister seems gross — but why? some anthropologists have argued that incest taboos are learned social conventions. this explanation, however, doesn’t make sense to me as it does not explain the widespread existence of anti-incest mechanisms in creatures ranging from cockroaches to chimpanzees. second, the incest taboo is about as close to a universal law as human moral rules get.

why should mechanisms to avoid incest be so widespread both in nature and across human societies? the answer is simple. the problem with having sex close with relatives is that there is an astonishingly high chance that your offspring will be born with a serious birth defect.