Solidarity Economy in Latin America/Trueque System, Redes de Trueque

Location (country, city or region): Argentina

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Examples of the Trueque system:

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Details of the Work

Goals or Focus

The trueque system functions as a barter club network and complimentary currency system through which goods and services are exchanged using a self-created and self-regulated currency. This network contests mainstream monetary system and provides a means of survival for impoverished middle-class members of the community.

Values

Trust

Reciprocity

Social innovation

General Categories

Solidarity bartering; exchange; civil society

Timeframe

1995-2006