Institutionalist Theories of Money

This book gathers several important texts to offer an overview of the institutionalist approach to money developed in France since the 1980s. This material highlights the specificities of the French monetary approaches and their main contributions to the understanding of monetary phenomena - not just in developed market economies but in other societies as well. By bringing these works to an English-speaking audience for the first time, this book will provide a much needed and valuable direct insight into this subject area and contribute to related post-Keynesian, neo-chartalist and sociological approaches to money. This book highlights the need for a global vision of money and for a clearer grasp of the link between money and the political sphere. It will appeal to students and researchers across various disciplines including but not limited to economics, anthropology, sociology, history and philosophy.

Theorizes on money within the role of our society Presents contributions from economics, anthropology, sociology, history and philosophy to enable a multidisciplinary understanding of money Provides a credible alternative to mainstream instrumental approaches to money

Autorentext

Pierre Alary is Associate Professor of economics at Lille University, France and member of the research centre CLERSE.

Jérôme Blanc is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Lyon, France and member of the research centre Triangle.

Ludovic Desmedt **is Professor of Economics at the University of Burgundy**, Dijon, France and member of the research centre LEDi

Bruno Théret ****is Senior Research Scholar Emeritus at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and member of the research centre IRISSO.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction to the English Edition.- Chapter 2. The Violence of Money (excerpt).- Chapter 3. Enhancing the Political Economy of Money through History.- Chapter 4. Collective Introduction to La Monnaie souveraine.- Chapter 5. The Monetary Order of Market Economies.- chapter 6. Universality of the Monetary Phenomenon and Plurality of Moneys.- Chapter 7. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Money as Cultural Capital and a Total Social Fact.- Chapter 8. Money: Instrument of Exchange or Social Institution of Value.