Éléments institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogène

The purpose of this article is to make a contribution to the debates surrounding the endogeneity of money, inspired by institutionalist thinking. After recalling the main elements of endogenous money theory and the context of its emergence among post-Keynesians, we will pay particular attention to t...

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Main Authors: Thibault Laurentjoye, Léo Malherbe
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Language:English
Published: Association Recherche & Régulation 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/15602
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description The purpose of this article is to make a contribution to the debates surrounding the endogeneity of money, inspired by institutionalist thinking. After recalling the main elements of endogenous money theory and the context of its emergence among post-Keynesians, we will pay particular attention to the controversy between the proponents of so-called « evolutionary » endogeneity and the supporters of so-called « revolutionary » endogeneity. The stumbling block between these two approaches pertains to the historical dimension of the concept of endogenous money. In other words, it is a question of whether, over the course of history, the quantity of money has always adjusted endogenously to changes in demand. We suggest that to answer this question, the endogeneity of money should be considered by considering two dimensions of analysis. A first dimension regards time, separating long time (that of institutional change) from short time (that of macroeconomic adjustments). For each of these temporalities we then distinguish the endogeneity at the level of monetary instruments from the analysis of endogeneity at the level of the monetary system. The adjustment of supply to demand in the short term must take into account the diversity of the monetary instruments that constitute the monetary system under study; while endogeneity in the long term refers to the evolution of the relative weight of monetary instruments within the system.
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spelling doaj-art-f8f241533c7c40dc9b52db51d40bf2c42025-01-30T14:26:42ZengAssociation Recherche & RégulationRevue de la Régulation1957-77962020-01-012610.4000/regulation.15602Éléments institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogèneThibault LaurentjoyeLéo MalherbeThe purpose of this article is to make a contribution to the debates surrounding the endogeneity of money, inspired by institutionalist thinking. After recalling the main elements of endogenous money theory and the context of its emergence among post-Keynesians, we will pay particular attention to the controversy between the proponents of so-called « evolutionary » endogeneity and the supporters of so-called « revolutionary » endogeneity. The stumbling block between these two approaches pertains to the historical dimension of the concept of endogenous money. In other words, it is a question of whether, over the course of history, the quantity of money has always adjusted endogenously to changes in demand. We suggest that to answer this question, the endogeneity of money should be considered by considering two dimensions of analysis. A first dimension regards time, separating long time (that of institutional change) from short time (that of macroeconomic adjustments). For each of these temporalities we then distinguish the endogeneity at the level of monetary instruments from the analysis of endogeneity at the level of the monetary system. The adjustment of supply to demand in the short term must take into account the diversity of the monetary instruments that constitute the monetary system under study; while endogeneity in the long term refers to the evolution of the relative weight of monetary instruments within the system.https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/15602endogenous moneypost-keynesianismmonetary institutionalism
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Éléments institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogène
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endogenous money
post-keynesianism
monetary institutionalism
title Éléments institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogène
title_full Éléments institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogène
title_fullStr Éléments institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogène
title_full_unstemmed Éléments institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogène
title_short Éléments institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogène
title_sort elements institutionnalistes pour la mise en perspective historique du concept de monnaie endogene
topic endogenous money
post-keynesianism
monetary institutionalism
url https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/15602
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