Based on an interdisciplinary approach, this article aims at elucidating what can be called the nature of money. To define it, we first distinguish between the generic properties of every money and its different and non specifically monetary uses. Then currency is grasped through its three...

Based on an interdisciplinary approach, this article aims at elucidating what can be called the nature of money. To define it, we first distinguish between the generic properties of every money and its different and non specifically monetary uses. Then currency is grasped through its three...

Les crises monétaires sont des moments privilégiés pour analyser le fait monétaire dans toute sa complexité. Dans ces crises, en effet, la monnaie est remise en question et dénaturalisée. Sont ainsi révélés les fondements de l’acceptation des formes monétaires qui ont cours dans...

Une analyse de l'insolente réussite économique de l'Amérique de Bill Clinton (croissance réguli`ere, chômage en baisse, désinflation, meilleure qualité de la vie) et de son hégémonie politico-financière sur le reste du monde. En trente ans, le passage du défi au miracle américain.

The paper addresses the issue of rethinking the welfare state as a part of a broader national system of social protection (NSSP) and a mode of societal regulation. In order to overcome the theoretical limits of bottom-up comparative analysis of welfare states, one builds a structural model of...

This paper highlights the role of capital outflows in creating periods of turbulence by forcing emerging economies to raise massive funds abroad. First, we present stylised facts related to the capital outflows from the emerging economies. Then, we carry out a breakdown of the balance of...

The work comparing the French and the German industrial relations systems usually contrasts the French state interventionism with the German tradition of an autonomous partnership among strong actors. These stereotypes might however be challenged by a further comparative analysis of the business...