La 4e de couverture indique : "Suzanne de Brunhoff (1929-2015) était une économiste marxiste spécialiste des questions monétaires et financières. Les textes rassemblés dans ce volume témoignent de la fécondité de son œuvre et de son originalité. Ils feront découvrir au lecteur une...

In keeping with the dual nature of the monetary relationship, crises may take on two polar-opposite forms: the resurgence of either centralising or fragmenting trends. Both also upset the fragile balance that the hierarchised system has brought about. But, contrary to what a casual inspection...

This book endeavours to throw light on the phenomenon of money in general in an essentially comparative and therefore concrete way and not from a universalist, dogmatic and abstract standpoint. To do this, it apprehends monetary relations within the particular society to which they belong.