Town of Springhill, money/physical price of coal "Bone and blood is the price of coal"

In the Town of Springhill, we learn that, "Bone and blood is the price of coal." In what senses is the statement true? Is there a money price as well as a physical price of coal? How is/was it determined who pays the money price? What similarity do you find to the money price of Minamata disease?

Polanyi, Liberalism utopian

Polany declares economic liberalism as utopian. Define "economic Liberalism" and "utopian". Explain why Polanyi thinks economic Liberalism is utopian, and indicate what evidence Polanyi offers for this claim. Critically evaluate Polanyi's claim. Is he right??

Polanyi, "the right to live"

What does Polanyi mean by "the right to live?" Discuss the right to live in manorial feudalism, early British capitalism (1600-1900), and in the British welfare state in 1970. In your answer, please indicate what is the source of any right to live, what institutions confer or deny it, and how that right asserts itself in a regime of market capitalism.

minamata disease, speenhamland law, poor law, liberalism, "incredible, edible egg"

Just short answers are fine. What is the minamata disease, and what was it's significance? What was the Speenhamland Law (1795)? What was the Poor Law (1834)? What was Liberalism, liberalism? Why is this important? -- "the incredible, edible egg"

Songs of the Industrial Revolution

What is the significance/meaning of the following songs (the songs of the industrial revolution, i think): "The Work of the Weavers" "Blind Fiddler" "Ballad of Springhill" "Peg and Awl"