LEADER 03730nam 22006372 450 001 9910777716703321 005 20170315111209.0 010 $a1-315-65353-2 010 $a1-317-31636-3 010 $a1-282-12546-X 010 $a9786612125461 010 $a1-85196-693-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000754761 035 $a(EBL)437331 035 $a(OCoLC)426062417 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105451 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127960 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105451 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101837 035 $a(PQKB)10035906 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1510819 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC437331 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL437331 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781851966936 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000754761 100 $a20141021d2009|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aArgentina's parallel currency $ethe economy of the poor /$fby Georgina M. Go?mez$b[electronic resource] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cPickering & Chatto,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (254 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aFinancial history ;$vno. 11 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-138-66508-8 311 $a1-85196-618-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-246) and index. 327 $aEconomic life as an Insttitutional process -- Perspectives on complementary currency systems -- The political and economic context in Argentina -- Launching the club de Trueque -- From club de Truque to network -- Governance of the networks -- Smaller scale Trueque -- Replacing money for economic development. 330 $aThe story of the Red de Trueque in Argentina (RT) exposes the problems of creating a grassroots market system parallel and complementary to the official economy. The RT was launched in 1995 by a group of environmentalists who exchanged goods and services at their own 'market' using a system of mutual credit. The group grew and they printed fiat money to facilitate exchange. The scheme was rapidly replicated across Argentina as the country's official economy faced meltdown. At its peak, the RT had 2.5 million participants and 4,700 marketplaces. However, although the organisers set codes of conduct and bodies to enforce them, it was impossible to deal with such a large self-regulated market and it collapsed to about a tenth of its peak size in a matter of months.
This is the first book in English to analyse the rise and fall of RT. Gomez advances institutional theory by exploring how structural reforms disrupt institutions, here resulting in segments of unstable and uncertain economic action within the social structure. She identifies rules of governance and sustainability for institutional settings in which compliance is voluntary and state regulation is minimal. Finally, Gomez conceptualizes the economy of the poor and disenfranchised as an economic area driven by the need to survive, thus structured by specific institutions different to those guiding the economic action of the non-poor. 410 0$aFinancial history (London, England) ;$vno. 11. 606 $aLocal exchange trading systems$zArgentina 606 $aBarter$zArgentina 607 $aArgentina$xEconomic conditions$y1983- 615 0$aLocal exchange trading systems 615 0$aBarter 676 $a332.4982 700 $aGo?mez$b Georgina$01561514 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777716703321 996 $aArgentina's parallel currency$93828385 997 $aUNINA