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This contribution to a symposium on Robert Brenner's The Economics of Global Turbulence (2006) views Brenner's book as too focused on the US to be called a global view. It deals only in passing with Japan & Germany & does not consider the new economic powers such as Brazil, India, China, & Russia, since he is sure that the US will continue to be the hegemon of the world economy. Aglietta contends that this perspective must be challenged. China over took Germany as the third-largest national economy in 2006. As a group, the emerging market economies have averaged 6% growth since 2000, vs the developed economies 2.5% growth average, & there is no reason to think this trend will be reversed. Aglietta draws on Fernand Braudel's work on the history of capitalism to develop five theoretical propositions that help structure his reading of Brenner's findings. Tables, Figures. S. Stanton

Reexamines the arguments & supporting evidence of his book A Theory of Capitalist Regulation over twenty years after its publication in light of changes in economic theory, discussion of post-war economic boom forces including those affecting America & Europe, the deep social changes of the last twenty years including the decline of Fordism, & the future of a new wage society & mode of regulation. Concludes that the excesses of unbridled capitalism & individualism must be reigned in through reenergized social solidarity based on the rehabilitation of politics and a reworking of labor & tax systems to ensure greater equity in social & economic relations. R. Rodriguez

Des événements contemporains de première grandeur sont des champs d'investigation privilégiés pour nourrir la réflexion théorique sur la nature de la monnaie, sur son organisation dans les sociétés libérales et ouvertes, sur sa place dans la science économique.Les bouleversements de l'ex-URSS provoquent une désorganisation des échanges les plus élémentaires par disparition de la pratique sociale dont la monnaie est la règle : le paiement des transactions dans un médium unanimement acceptable. Le retour du troc souligne son énorme coût social : fragmentation des échanges qui se bilatéralisent, arbitraire des termes et des conditions de l'échange soumis exclusivement aux rapports de force entre les échangistes, immédiateté des relations économiques entravées par la désorganisation présente et l'incertitude future des approvisionnements. Les tentatives spontanées de contournement du troc entraînent la prolifération de banques de poche, hors de toute réglementation et de toute supervision.

RESUMO Neste artigo, o autor discute a dinâmica dos regimes monetários internacionais. Em oposição à economia convencional, esses regimes são vistos como instituições históricas irreversíveis, caracterizadas por uma instabilidade estrutural. Eles são definidos pelo grau de rigidez cambial, pela mobilidade dos capitais e pelo peso dos objetivos internos na função de preferência dos governos. Sua dinâmica é baseada em uma sequência irreversível definida pela crescente degradação dos ajustes macroeconômicos, levando ao acúmulo de tensões e a uma instabilidade estrutural, à medida que a economia mundial muda, e finalmente a questionar os princípios fundadores do regime monetário internacional.