Considering monetary federalism from the Argentinian trueque (1995-2002)

Le trueque argentin ou la question du fédéralisme monétaire (1995-2002)

Hadrien Saiag ()
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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 from the history of the Argentinian complementary currencies (trueque). The first national trueque system (RGT, 1995-2000) is analyzed as a form of monetary federalism. It is 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). The crisis that threatened the trueque in 2002 reveals ethical and political implications of the question of money-issuing.

Keywords: federalism; money; Argentina; trueque; trust; fédéralisme; monnaie; Argentine; trueque confiance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Published in Revue Française de Socio-Economie, 2013, 12 (2), pp.69-89. ⟨10.3917/rfse.012.0069⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/rfse.012.0069

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