Liberalism was born as a utopia against monarchy and religion; it became the ideology of capitalism. This essay sets out that Marx's thought is above all a criticism of capitalism, and therefore it also represents the utopia corresponding to capitalism, described as a "communist" utopia, the...

French Abstract: Le monde traverse une crise sans précédent qui mêle finance, économie, social et culture. Si nous ne voulons pas être rejetés de ce monde, il faut alors questionner l’utopie fondatrice de nos sociétés modernes. Cette utopie a fondé la reconnaissance de la liberté...

We live in a world where money is the medium underpinning the circulation of goods and services. Without money it is impossible if not to survive at least to have access to basic products, including cultural or educational ones. From this perspective, Gaël Giraud proposes to analyse finance...

Français Résumé: En Kabylie l' "art de l'association" est l'expression de la territorialité. Dans le village, unité de base territoriale et politique qui unit les citoyens, des liens horizontaux unissent les habitants qui adhérent à un même système de représentation et sont fiers de...

This paper is based on the observation that there is a contradiction between the current demands for sustainability and the way the financial system works. Beginning with a discussion of the epistemological assumptions underlying financial theory, it seeks to show how it may be viewed as an...

This article reconsiders commonly held views on the ownership and management of private property, contrasting capitalist and simple property, particularly in relation to how a firm shareholder governance model has shaped society. By contrasting an exchange value standpoint with a use value...

We use an ideal-type approach to analyse ‘interstices' in which emancipation could appear. The question is how use value can escape from the domination of exchange value, and how could we promote another kind of private property freed from capital. In particular we critique the assimilation of...

This article aims to demonstrate the need for a radical break with the methodological individualism that dominates the fields of economics and management, and especially finance. It advocates the need to try to understand the issues, and the methods that are required to coordinate economic...

Today, brand communities constitute an externality that brand valuation methods like the Interbrand Global Rankings try to account for. By incorporating this externality, such methods build a bridge between two worlds that are totally foreign to one another: the world of investors; and the world...