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X-WR-CALNAME:Research Talk - Dr. Ariel Wilkis (UNSAM\, Argentina). "The Dol
 lar. How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina"
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DESCRIPTION:How did the dollar come to play a leading role in Argentina? Wh
 at cultural\, economic\, and political processes made the U.S. currency do
 minant on certain domestic markets? How did the dollar-peso exchange rate 
 become an everyday part of life\, something nearly everyone follows? In ot
 her words\, how precisely did this global currency become a local currency
  on the other end of the Americas?\n\nThese are some of the questions we w
 ant to address in this talk. For some time\, the global expansion of the U
 .S. currency and its influence on the economic dynamics of different regio
 ns was understood as a natural offshoot of America’s predominance in the
  world economy. However\, as the case of Argentina reveals\, this process 
 is more complex and\, more importantly\, exceeds geopolitics. While the do
 llar is\, in fact\, a global currency anchored in many countries\, multipl
 e articulations of local history\, economy\, and culture have allowed this
  grafting. By offering a new lens on the dollar\, our research examines an
 other dimension of the economic and political predominance of the United S
 tates\, telling the story of the greenback as a popular currency outside i
 ts home country’s borders.\n\nThis talk is co-sponsored by: Willson Cent
 er for Humanities & Arts\; Franklin College of Arts and Sciences\; Departm
 ent of Insurance\, Legal Studies\, & Real Estate\; Office of Global Engage
 ment\; and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute.\n\nSpeaker Bio\
 n\nDr. Ariel Wilkis received a PhD from EHESS (Paris). He is a professor a
 t Universidad de San Martin\, dean in its School of Interdisciplinary Adva
 nced Social Studies\, and a researcher at CONICET. He is the author of His
 toria de Cómos Endeudamos (Siglo XXI\, 2024)\, Las Sospechas Del Dinero (
 Paidos\, 2013)\, The Moral Power of Money (Stanford UP\, 2017) and coautho
 r of The Dollar: How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina 
 (University of New Mexico Press\, 2023). His book Moral Power of Money won
  the Honorable Mention in the best book award of the Economic Sociology Se
 ction\, American Sociological Association (2018).
GEO:33.951405;-83.376529
LOCATION:Zell B. Miller Learning Center\, 348
SUMMARY:Research Talk - Dr. Ariel Wilkis (UNSAM\, Argentina). "The Dollar. 
 How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina"
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 unsam-argentina-the-dollar-how-the-us-dollar-became-a-popular-currency-in-
 argentina-3547
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Discussions
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