The monetary theories that stem from the works of Thomas Aquinas on the one hand, John Buridan and Nicholas Oresme on the other hand, share common roots: they appear as the result of careful commentaries upon Aristotle's moral and political works. Nonetheless, they differ on both the...

L'objet de cet article est de faire apparaître la singularité des liens qui unissent l'histoire de la pensée économique et la théorie économique. Une première partie met en évidence ce qui est susceptible d'expliquer la pérennité de la recherche historique. L'accent se trouve ainsi...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce explicitly pleasure and belief in what aims at being a Humean theory of decision, like the one developed in Diaye and Lapidus (2005a). Although we support the idea that Hume was in some way – evidently different from Bentham's or Jevons' way – a...

Information and Risk in the Medieval Doctrine of Usury during the Thirteenth Century

The few pages that Adam Smith devoted to lotteries, mainly in the Wealth of Nations (1776) did not receive much attention. They nonetheless constituted an opportunity to introduce a sophisticated analysis of individual decision under risk. Through various examples, Smith pointed out a...