Can an alternative economic system be a sustainable reality?
Georgina M. Gomez, (Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Social Studies, the Hague) explores Argentinean economic recovery and the Red de Trueque, a network that in 2001 topped 2.5 million members trading goods and services with its own currency.
In her lecture How the Poor Reinvented the Argentinean Economy she will explain what the urban poor in Argentina did to revitalize and innovate a failed economy.
Was this really a positive alternative for the poor?
Why did this system fall apart by 2004? And is it an experiment worth repeating elsewhere?
This event will be of interest to the novice who recalls the Argentinean economic crisis several years ago and curious about the country's future. But it will also offer analysis and reflection for those with some affinity to the subject matter. It will provide insights beyond economics.
Innovation, crisis management, development sociology, knowledge systems and urban survival as well as Latin American studies and compartive development studies will be woven into this event.