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Offre de monnaie et politique monétaire chez Thomas Attwood

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[fre] Offre de monnaie et politique monétaire chez Thomas Attwood. . L'article montre que, contrairement à une interprétation qui en fait un « inflationniste fruste », Thomas Attwood, partisan de l'inconvertibilité des billets, développe une analyse de l'économie monétaire dont le préalable logique est une économie de crédit. Le fondement de cette économie est la confiance, et le problème fondamental qu'il pose est celui des moyens de l'assurer grâce à une politique monétaire et bancaire. Les critères de l'émission doivent permettre d'établir la stabilité de l'unité monétaire en termes du taux de salaire de plein emploi. Il souligne le rôle des effets de richesse liés à la réévaluation de la monnaie et à la modification des conditions de règlement des dettes. Il insiste sur la nécessité d'une offre de monnaie suffisante de la part de la Banque centrale agissant en tant que prêteur ultime, pour éviter toute crise de liquidité et la thésaurisation pouvant mettre en péril la continuité des paiements et créer une crise macroéconomique. [eng] Supply of money and monetary policy according to Thomas Attwood. . This paper argues that, in opposition to an interpretation that considers him a « crude inflationist », Thomas Attwood, who is in favour of non-convertible banknotes, logically builds a monetary theory on the grounds of a credit economy. This economy rests on confidence and he his mainly concerned by the banking and monetary policy which can strengthen it. According to the rules of issue, the value of the monetary unit must be fixed in terms of the full employment wage unit. T. Attwood underlines the wealth effects created by the reevaluation of the monetary unit and the alteration of the means of discharging debts. As a consequence, he proposes that the central bank, acting as a lender of last resort, should manage the money supply in order to prevent any liquidity crisis and hoarding that can destroy the whole payments system and create a macroeconomic crisis.

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  • Sylvie Diatkine, 1994. "Offre de monnaie et politique monétaire chez Thomas Attwood," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 45(5), pages 1271-1288.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1994_num_45_5_409608
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    1. David J. Moss, 1981. "Banknotes Versus Gold: The Monetary Theory of Thomas Attwood in his Early Writings, 1816–19," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 13(1), pages 19-38, Spring.
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