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Gilles Jacoud annonce la parution de :Money and Banking in Jean-Baptiste Say’s Economic ThoughtBy Gilles JacoudSeries: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics HB: 978-0-415-67737-0$140.00 – £85.00 Discount Price: $112 - £68.00The aim of this work is to make available to English-language readers a translation of Jean-Baptiste Say’s main texts on money and banking which were not at present accessible in English. The work includes chapters from his bookstaking into account the variants between the different editions, articles and hitherto unpublished manuscripts. Comprehension of these different texts is facilitated by an introduction designed to place them in their context and by a chronological table giving the main events of Say’s life and editorial activity in parallel with the main political, economic and monetary events of the time.Table of ContentsIntroduction Gilles JacoudPART I: Extracts from the Catechism of Political Economy Jean-Baptiste Say2. Of money;3. Of the representative signs of moneyPART II: Of monies. Extracts from the Complete Course in Practical Political Economy Jean-Baptiste Say4. Of the nature and uses of money5. Of the material of money6. Of the foundation of the value of monies7. Why the value of silver did not decrease more following the discovery of America8. Of the relative value of different metals used as money9. Of the manufacture of metallic monies10. Of the profit it is possible to make from the manufacture of coinage11. Of the attempts which have been made to have a measure of values12. Of the value of precious metals compared with that of wheat, from ancient times13. Evaluation of historical amounts14. Of paper moniesPART III: Of the representative signs of money. Extracts from the Complete Course in Practical Political Economy Jean-Baptiste Say15. General characteristics of representative signs16. Of trust notes and banks of circulation17. Abuse of banks of circulation18. Of deposit banks and party transfers19. Of promissory notes, bills of exchange and foreign exchangePART IV: Extracts from A Treatise on Political Economy Jean-Baptiste Say20. Extracts from editions 1, 2 and 3 of A Treatise on Political Economy21. Extracts from editions 5 and 6 of A Treatise on Political Economy PART V Manuscripts, notes and varied texts Jean-Baptiste Say22. Tribunat. Report made on behalf of the finance section on the projected law concerning the recoinage of monies. Session of 9 Germinal an XI 23. Monsieur Ferrier’s theory of money, capital par excellence24. Notes on Henri Storch’s Cours d'économie politique25. Of the commercial crisis in England26. Extracts from correspondence27. Plan for a new money in Ricardo’s style28. Of deposit banks and party transfers29. Of the debasement of monies30. Chronological table Gilles JacoudAuthor BiographyGilles Jacoud is Professor of Economics and Manager of the Economics Department at University of Saint-Etienne, FranceVous pouvez obtenir le flyer de la publication (20% de réduction sur le prix public) aupès de Gilles Jacoud, gilles.jacoud@univ-st-etienne.fr