Hayek's evolving thought on gold and the gold standard is complex and, at times, confusing. Hayek initially supported the gold standard and paid special attention to those nations whose central banking policies he viewed as relatively loose. Early on he viewed attempts at stabilization of...

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....

This book gathers several important texts and offers a general overview of the institutionalist approach to money developed in France since the 1980s.These texts highlight the specificities of the French monetary approaches and display their main contributions to the understanding of monetary...