Central banks now stand between societies and collapse, but are they still democratic?Two decades of financial crises have dramatically expanded central banks' powers. In 2008, and then again in 2020, unelected banking officials found themselves suddenly responsible for the public welfare—not just because it was necessary but based on an idea that their independence from political systems would insulate them from the whims of populism. Now, as international crises c...

"El poder inmenso que se les dio a los bancos centrales en estas últimas décadas es para mí el síntoma de una crisis democrática."¿A qué intereses responden hoy los bancos centrales? ¿Cómo se construye su legitimidad en una sociedad democrática? ¿Cuál es su papel en el financiamiento del Estado de bienestar y en la transición ecológica?En Moneda y democracia, Éric Monnet ofrece algunas respuestas para estos interrogantes y se propone, en especial, ...

It is common wisdom that central banks in the postwar (1945–1970s) period were passive bureaucracies constrained by fixed-exchange rates and inflationist fiscal policies. This view is mostly retrospective and informed by US and UK experiences. This book tells a different story. Eric Monnet shows that the Banque de France was at the heart of the postwar financial system and economic planning, and that it contributed to economic growth by both stabilizing inflation and fostering direct lendi...

Sous le co-pilotage de Bruno Cabrillac et de Pierre Jaillet, le numéro 161 de la Revue d’économie financière s’inscrit dans le prolongement du numéro 160 sur les mutations géopolitiques et ses conséquences géoéconomiques. Il est publié en versions française et anglaise.Le premier volume (« l’ère des ruptures ») analysait les conséquences géoéconomiques d’une polycrise systémique révélatrice des tensions suscitées par une phase de mondialisation accélérée accompagn...

Under the co-direction of Bruno Cabrillac and Pierre Jaillet, issue 161 of the Revue d’économie financière is an extension of issue 160 on geopolitical shifts and their geoeconomic consequences. It is being published both in French and English.The first volume (“The Era of Disruption”) analyzed the geoeconomic consequences of a systemic “polycrisis”, which has revealed the tensions arising from a phase of rapid globalization coupled with economic disruption. Issue 161 (“Th...

A state-of-the-art reference for all aspects of thoracic surgery in dogs and catsWritten by two of the foremost experts in this area of surgery, Small Animal Thoracic Surgery encompasses both basic and advanced thoracic surgery for dogs and cats. It provides a host of well-illustrated techniques for thoracic surgery, including classic open surgery, minimally invasive surgery, thoracoscopy, and image-guided hybrid surgery. This comprehensive and detailed bo...

L’inspirateur de l’EuropeFils d'un négociant de cognac, homme au physique classique, discret et toujours bien mis, orateur sans grand charisme n’ayant jamais envisagé de mandat électif, Jean Monnet est l’un de ces personnages qui transcendent leur image par leur intelligence et leur énergie. Animé d’une vision de paix et d’union, sa facilité à s’adapter à tous ses interlocuteurs qu’ils s’appellent Clemenceau, Churchill ou Roosevelt, son affabilité et son don de per...

Personnalités contrastées et souvent opposées, Jean Monnet et Charles de Gaulle ont tous deux joué un rôle déterminant dans la politique internationale de la France, dans la construction européenne et dans les relations transatlantiques de 1940 et 1970. Quand l’un glorifiait la France et le génie national, l’autre pensait que la seule voie possible pour les vieilles nations européennes était l’union au prix de transferts partiels de souveraineté. Alliés lorsqu’il s’est agi de résister à l’...

Small Animal Soft Tissue SurgeryProvides a fully updated new edition of this comprehensive, detailed reference to surgical syndromes and diseases in small animalsSmall Animal Soft Tissue Surgery, Second Edition offers a thoroughly revised new edition of this comprehensive, detailed reference to surgical syndromes and diseases in small animal patients. Featuring detailed surgical descriptions accompanied by high-quality illustrations, the book updat...

Gastrointestinal Surgical Techniques in Small Animals offers a highly detailed reference to surgical procedures in the gastrointestinal tract in dogs and cats. Each chapter describes the surgical techniques in depth, featuring high-quality illustrations depicting each step, and discusses tips and tricks for a successful surgery and potential complications. A companion website offers video clips demonstrating the procedures.Logically divided into sections by anatomy, each c...