Michel Aglietta's thinking in the 21st century

Michel Aglietta, who died on April 24, 2025, was one of the greatest economists of his generation. A thinker on capitalism, its macroeconomic dynamics and money, recognized by historians, anthropologists and political scientists, he embodied the figure of the economist rooted in the social sciences. His way of breaking down disciplinary barriers to reconcile the economic, the social and, more recently, the ecological, is the antithesis of contemporary practices of excessive specicialization that hinders our understanding of the world's complexity and our ability to meet the challenges we face.

Michel Aglietta was co-founder of two schools of thought: the regulatory approach with Robert Boyer and the institutionalist theory of money with André Orléan, both of which have a close cross-fertilization relationship.

Michel Aglietta's work offers a theoretical reading of the evolution and crises of capitalism, combining the theoretical influences of major thinkers on capitalism such as Marx, Keynes, Kalecki, Minsky and Polanyi, as well as contributions from other social sciences.It also draws on contributions from other social sciences, most notably history and the influence of Braudel and the German historical school. The regulationist research program and the institutionalist approach to money have their origins in a radical critique of the neoclassical research program, which focuses not on capitalism but on the market economy, and ignores money. Michel Aglietta's thinking is the antithesis of neoclassical thinking. Pure, decontextualized, a-historical theory has no place here. Whatever the field studied - money, financial instability, wage relations or ecological transition - the economic, social and political are never dissociated.

The research programs initiated and developed by Michel Aglietta have recently undergone a profound renewal in response to the challenge of ensuring the ecological sustainability of our system of accumulation. This is evidenced by the emergence of a young generation of researchers who recognize themselves in these programs and research approaches, and some of whom, following the example of Michel Aglietta, have taken up the challenge of the ecological sustainability of our system of accumulation. like Michel Aglietta in the latter part of his life, are attempting to bridge the gap between regulatory theory and ecological economics.

The aim of this academic conference is to pay tribute to the exceptional economist Michel Aglietta, to the originality of his ideas and to his influence on economic thought. For this reason, the research papers selected for the conference will have to be in line with Michel Aglietta's intellectual legacy.

They will focus on 4 key themes in Michel Aglietta's work:

1. Dynamics of capitalism and the anthropocene: from financialized capitalism to the future of capitalism

2. Currency and sovereignty: theoretical and historical contributions, SMI and European currency

3. International financial macroeconomics: financial crises and regulation

4. Economics and social sciences: cross-fertilization

Proposals (specifying name, institution and key words) may take the form of an abstract of 700 words maximum, in English or French. Proposals should specify the key theme to which they relate.

Successful proposals may be published in the scientific journals associated with the symposium:

• for articles written in French or English, publication in the Revue de la Régulation or the Cahiers d'Economie Politique. In the latter case, the article is expected to adopt a historical perspective on economic thought or economic philosophy,
• for articles written in English, in theInternational Journal of Political Economy.

In all three cases, authors should follow the usual procedures of these journals, specifying that the articles are submitted following the colloquium.

Dates:

• Submission of proposals by January 20, 2026
• Response from the scientific committeé by April 03, 2026.
• Article sent May 15, 2026.

Gaëtan Le Quang, Laurence Scialom, Florian Baudoin, Lucas Benyattou, Basile Clerc, Raphaël Ottman, Adam Poupard, Luca Tausch

Vincent Bignon, Robert Boyer, Anton Brender, Régis Breton, Olivier Brossard, Jean Cartelier, Renaud Du Tertre, Etienne Espagne, Laurent Le Maux, Gaëtan Le Quang, Valérie Mignon, Benoîtt Mojon, André Orléan, Pepita Ould Ahmed, Jean-François Ponsot, Xavier Ragot, Antoine Reberioux, Sandra Rigot, Laurence Scialom, Yamina Tadjeddine, Natacha Valla.