Moneylending in Myth and Practice in Twentieth-Century Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12088164 |
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| Authors | Nicole Mottier (Stetson University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 143-164 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0742-9797 • E-ISSN: 1533-8320 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/msem.2018.34.2.143 |
| OpenAlex | W2891275725 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This article demonstrates that ejidatarios sometimes actively sought loans from moneylenders alongside other lenders, such as the Banco Ejidal, as one strategy for managing the uncertainties that shaped their lives. It asserts that moneylenders proved to be very important financial intermediaries for rural borrowers. By explicating how and why they continued existing alongside formal financial intermediaries such as the Banco Ejidal, this article offers a more nuanced way of understanding financial intermediation. Este artículo demuestra que en ciertas ocasiones los ejidatarios buscaron activamente los servicios de prestamistas–así como de otras entidades de crédito, por ejemplo, el Banco Ejidal–como estrategia para manejar la incertidumbre que caracterizaba sus vidas. El artículo reafirma que los prestamistas resultaron ser intermediarios financieros de gran importancia para los prestatarios rurales. Al explicar cómo y por qué continuaron existiendo estos prestamistas al lado de intermediarios financieros formales como el Banco Ejidal, este artículo contribuye a un entendimiento más matizado sobre la intermediación financiera
Art · Business · Financial intermediary · Humanities · Intermediary · Intermediation · Mythology · Political science · Classics · History · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Finance
| Highly cited | No |
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