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Marginal Gains
Jane I. Guyer
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Description for Marginal Gains
Paperback. This study reveals how popular economic systems work in Africa, and elsewhere in the Third World. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 halftones, 2 maps, 6 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
In America, almost all the money in circulation passes through financial institutions every day. But in Nigeria's "cash and carry" system, 90 percent of the currency never comes back to a bank after it's issued. What happens when two such radically different economies meet and mingle, as they have for centuries in Atlantic Africa?
The answer is a rich diversity of economic practices responsive to both local and global circumstances. In Marginal Gains, Jane I. Guyer explores and explains these often bewildering practices, including trade with coastal capitalism and across indigenous currency zones, and within the modern popular economy. ... Read more
In America, almost all the money in circulation passes through financial institutions every day. But in Nigeria's "cash and carry" system, 90 percent of the currency never comes back to a bank after it's issued. What happens when two such radically different economies meet and mingle, as they have for centuries in Atlantic Africa?
The answer is a rich diversity of economic practices responsive to both local and global circumstances. In Marginal Gains, Jane I. Guyer explores and explains these often bewildering practices, including trade with coastal capitalism and across indigenous currency zones, and within the modern popular economy. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226311166
SKU
V9780226311166
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