El trueque argentino o la cuestion del frderalismo monetario (1995-2002)

Hadrien Saiag (hadrien.saiag@ehess.fr)
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Hadrien Saiag: IIAC - Institut interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper presents a reflection on monetary federalism, based on the history of the Argentinian complementary currencies (trueque). The first national trueque system (RGT, 1995-2000) is analysed as a form of monetary federalism, characterized by the decentralization of money-issuing and the uniqueness of the unit of account. This model has been challenged by two systems based on the centralization of money-issuing (RGT, 2001-2002 and RTZO, 2000-2002), but maintained its federal structure (RTS, 2000-2002). I also argue that the crisis that threatened the trueque in 2002 reveals ethical and political implications of the ways in which creditos were issued.

Keywords: Federalism; Money; Parallel coins; Monetary crisis; Trust; Federalismo; Dinero; Monedas paralelas; Crisis monetaria; Confianza (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Desarrollo Economico, 2019, 59 (228), pp.271-293

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