Open-access THE SOCIOLOGY OF TRUST IN THE REAL PLAN: liberalism, anchor prices, and “punches”

Abstract

Addressing the Real Plan, I research the building of trust in the new currency. I revisit conceptual and historical issues related to trust in money, highlighting: its institutional character; the debate on inertial inflation; and the controversies over the causes of disinflation in Brazil, including among the “architects of the Real.” I enter the causal debate by highlighting three aspects: a pact around liberalism, the adoption of wages as anchor prices, and policies aimed at stabilizing other nominal prices. I argue, against the rational expectations strand, that the Real Plan was considerably an undertaking of “social power,” which took a shortcut by working for more stable class relations. The research was conducted through a bibliographic and documentary survey.

KEYWORDS:
Economic sociology; Real Plan; Inflation; Money/currency; Politics


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