List of Figures and Tables; 1. Economic Life as an Institutional Process; 2. Perspectives on Complementary Currency Systems; 3. The Political and Economic Context in Argentina; 4. Launching the Club de Trueque; 5. From Club de Trueque to Network; 6. Governance of the Networks; 7. Smaller Scale Trueque; 8. Replacing Money for Economic Development; 9. Conclusions; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary
The story of the Red de Trueque (RT) in Argentina exposes the problems of creating a grassroots market system parallel and complementary to the official economy