La financiarización de los hogares bajo el prisma de otras crisis

Abstract: Based on research on conflicts produced with respect to mortgage debt in dollars during the Argentine crisis of 2001, this article intends to contribute to the reflection on the importance that Finance has acquired for households during the last decades. We assert that these conflicts are indicative of the ways in which the extension of financiarisation was produced in Argentina, during a period of neoliberal reforms, and of its impact on families’ economic lives. First, we show the modalities and variable rhythms that the process of financialization took on in national contexts th...