[fre] Enrichir l'économie politique de la monnaie par l'histoire. . L'article a pour objet de discuter ici trois idées reçues dans l'analyse économique de la monnaie. La première concerne l'origine même des pratiques monétaires et leur caractère fondamentalement marchand. La deuxième a...

[eng] There is no agreement between economists about the definition of money. The authors indicate the necessity of a transhistoricai definition of the concept of Money. A relevant definition must take account of the wide range of monetary practices and forms which can be observed through time...

Economists bear particular responsibility when it comes to money. More often than not, the other specialists of the human and social sciences, not just historians of trade and finance but numismatists, sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, semiologists, political scientists, jurists and so...