This book gathers several important texts to offer an overview of the institutionalist approach to money developed in France since the 1980s. This material highlights the specificities of the French monetary approaches and their main contributions to the understanding of monetary phenomena - not just in developed market economies but in other societies as well. By bringing these works to an English-speaking audience for the first time, this book will provide a much needed and valuable direct insight into this subject area and contribute to related post-Keynesian, neo-chartalist and sociological approaches to money. This book highlights the need for a global vision of money and for a clearer grasp of the link between money and the political sphere. It will appeal to students and researchers across various disciplines including but not limited to economics, anthropology, sociology, history and philosophy.

Pierre Alary is Associate Professor of economics at Lille University, France and member of the research centre CLERSE. Jérôme Blanc is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Lyon, France and member of the research centre Triangle. Ludovic Desmedt is Professor of Economics at the University of Burgundy, Dijon, France and member of the research centre LEDi Bruno Théret is Senior Research Scholar Emeritus at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and member of the research centre IRISSO.