Argentina's parallel currency

the economy of the poor

The 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 ...

Towards modern public finance

This is the first in-depth study to address the financing of the American-Mexican War of 1846-48. Floating the Mexican War loans was the greatest single endeavour of the American financial community during the 1840s. Under President Polk, the Treasury issued three loans totalling $49 000 ...

Diabolism in colonial Peru, 1560-1750

Redden uses a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the transcultural phenomenon of the devil in early modern Peru. He demonstrates that the interaction between the Christian and the Andean worlds was far more complex than any interpretation that posits a clear dichotomy between conversion and resistance ...

Battlers over free trade

After the recent collapse of the Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organization talks, agricultural subsidies and market liberalization are high on the political agenda. This exciting four-volume reset edition charts the evolution of free trade from the publication of Adam Smith's "The ...

Government debts and financial markets in Europe

Studying the history of public debt represents a fascinating means to investigate the role of public finances in the making of European states both at a national and regional level. "Government Debts and Financial Markets" brings together essays by leading historians of economic and financial ...