Este trabajo contrasta las bases de la economía monetaria metalista con los fundamentos monetarios institucionalistas del cartalismo. Impugna la concep-ción del dinero que permea las doctrinas económicas y políticas contemporáneas, y propone una concepción más ajustada a la realidad y a la evidencia histórica, en la que el dinero impulsa a las variables reales. Resalta la naturaleza del dinero-crédito moderno como unidad de cuenta, cuya transferibilidad incorpora al Estado como deudor. Concluye que una concepción moderna da a la autoridad monetaria herra-mientas de política útiles y concretas para afrontar los problemas de pleno empleo y estabilidad de precios que sacuden a las sociedades actuales.
In this paper the bases of monetary metalism are confronted with the insti-tutionalist monetary fundaments of chartalism. Initially, an attempt is made to un-mask the erroneous conception of money that still permeates economic and political doctrines in contemporary societies, in order to propose instead a new conception of money. This would be more adjusted to reality and historical evidence where it acts as a driving force for the development of the real variables. In this context, the nature of modern credit money is highlighted as a unit of account whose transfera-bility incorporates the State as debtor. In this sense, it is concluded that a modern conception of money gives the monetary authority useful and concrete economic policy tools to deal with the problems of full employment and price stability that shake societies of today.
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