深刻な流動性危機に悩む16世紀末葉のフィレンツェ。文運に恵まれた商人B・ダヴァンツァーティの残した講義録『貨幣論講義』は, 近代的な貨幣理論の曙を告げる作品であるとともに, その基礎としてイタリアの古い効用理論を継承し, 17世紀へ伝達する成果でもあった。この論文は『貨幣論講義』の主要内容を整理・紹介し, その意義を考える覚え書。
Florence was suffering from a severe liquidity crisis in the end of the 16th century.
"Lezzione delle Monete," a transcript of lectures left by the culturally endowed merchant B. Davanzati, marked the dawn of modern monetary theory based on the old Italian utility theory. 
This lecture also played an indispensable role in the transmission of the Italian way of thinking to the 17th century. 
The present note intended to organize and introduce the main contents of the "Lezzione delle Monete", and consider its significance.

小特集 : 高橋誠一郎の経済学