Argentina's Parallel Currency: The Economy of the Poor

ISBN-13: 9781138665088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str.

Georgina M Gomez;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Analyzes the rise and fall of the Red de Trueque (launched in 1995 by a group of environmentalists who exchanged goods and services at their own 'market' using a system of mutual credit) in Argentina. This book identifies rules of governance and sustainability for institutional settings in which state regulation is minimal.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Economic Life as an Institutional Process; Chapter 2 Perspectives on Complementary Currency Systems; Chapter 3 The Political and Economic Context in Argentina; Chapter 4 Launching the Club de Trueque; Chapter 5 From Club de Trueque to Network; Chapter 6 Governance of the Networks; Chapter 7 Smaller Scale Trueque; Chapter 8 Replacing Money for Economic Development; Chapter 9 Conclusions;

O autorze

Gomez, Georgina M