The paper aims at studying why and how, in a very short time – from Circulating Annuities (1800) to Paper Mischief (1800-1801) and The True Alarm ([Sur les prix], 1801) – Jeremy Bentham radically changed his way of formulating the problem of money and his conception of what should be done to...

The present paper aims at locating the breakings of the integration process of an international system observed during about 50 years in the 19th century. A historical study could link them to special events, which operated as exogenous shocks on this process. The indicator of integration used...

The paper compares the two monetary plans designed by Ricardo: the Ingot Plan of 1816, centred on the convertibility of Bank of England notes in bullion, and the Plan for a National Bank of 1823, which substitutes a public bank for the Bank of England as sole institution for issuing notes. Two...

This note replies to Michel De Vroey's article "The History of Economics as Seen by an HeterodoxEconomist", published in Cahiers d'economie politique nO 38. It disputes De Vroey's statement that my "heterodox" presupposition of the primacy of the wage relationship explains a presentation of...

The present paper aims at locating the breakings of the integration process of an international system observed during about 50 years in the 19th century. A historical study could link them to special events, which operated as exogenous shocks on this process. The indicator of integration used...

[fre] Note sur la théorie du change de James Steuart. . Steuart élabore une théorie monétaire du change dans laquelle il montre qu'un change défavorable à l'Angleterre peut résulter des règles monétaires en vigueur dans ce pays et à l'étranger, en dehors de tout déficit de la balance...

[fre] Aux origines de la pensée monétaire moderne. . L'introduction de ce numéro souligne d'abord les difficultés présentées par l'analyse de la valeur interne de la monnaie dans un régime à étalon métallique et monnaie bancaire. Elle montre ensuite que la simple existence des points...

[fre] Régimes monétaires, points d'or et « serpent bimétallique » de 1770 à 1870. . Après un rappel des conditions du monnayage en Angleterre et en France, cette étude utilise des données à périodicité infra-hebdomadaire pour montrer l'évolution de la valeur de la livre sterling en...

The present paper aims at locating the breakings of the integration process of an international system observed during about 50 years in the 19th century. A historical study could link them to special events, which operated as exogenous shocks on this process. The indicator of integration used...