Money. A political issue.

Summary Organized like a classic textbook, this book successively addresses the functions of money, the mechanisms of money creation, the main theories, the conduct of monetary policy by central banks, the regulation of the banking system and practices, and the international monetary system. But it is the first of a new kind, since it takes a critical approach to the abstract and neo-liberal teaching of these issues that dominates faculties today. This textbook follows in the footsteps of Marx, Mauss, Keynes and Polanyi. Beyond the "technique" - which is presented with pedagogy - it shows how money is at the heart of the recurrent crises of capitalism. He thus invites citizens to take hold of monetary issues.