From Croesus to Nakamoto: How currencies emerge, between practice and theory.
To be published in the Revue de la Régulation.

A planned special issue of Revue de la Régulation aims to explore how currencies emerge.

There is a vast panorama of work on money in the social sciences. They focus on the many facets of money, but pay little attention to the conditions of its emergence. From a multi-disciplinary perspective, this call for papers seeks to shed light on the emergence and conditions of existence of currencies and the mechanisms associated with them. Contributions should take the form of case studies (from very old to contemporary) and/or contribute to generalization, based on economic but also anthropological, historical, legal, political or sociological approaches.

 

Intended scope:

 

– From work on money to the question of the emergence of currencies

– On an empirical level: cases of currency emergence

– From an epistemological perspective: the genesis of currencies

The deadline for full paper submission is 30 May 2025. Further instructions on the process available here.