Crisi economiche estreme e psicologia: il caso dell’Argentina

The basic propositions of this paper are that the modern severe economic crises, due to their monetary dimension, have deep consequences on mass psychology, and that a general model concerning the psychological processes involved is historically well grounded. In particular, we analyzed the corralito / corralon argentine crisis in 2001. We compared too our data and findings with several historical reports and analyses concerning other modern severe economic crises. Eventually, we put forward a two-phases general model, involving four main psychological processes.

The basic propositions of this paper are that the modern severe economic crises, due to their monetary dimension, have deep consequences on mass psychology, and that a general model concerning the psychological processes involved is historically well grounded. In particular, we analyzed the corralito / corralon argentine crisis in 2001. We compared too our data and findings with several historical reports and analyses concerning other modern severe economic crises. Eventually, we put forward a two-phases general model, involving four main psychological processes Gli assunti fondamentali di questo articolo sono sintetizzabili nelle seguenti proposizioni: le moderne crisi economiche estreme hanno, per la loro natura monetaria, profonde conseguenze sulla psicologia di massa; un modello generale riguardante i processi psicologici coinvolti in queste crisi ha solide basi storiche. Abbiamo, in particolare, preso in considerazione la crisi argentina del corralito/ corralon del 2001. Abbiamo, inoltre, accostato gli elementi raccolti con le testimonianze e le analisi riguardanti altre crisi economiche maggiori dell’era moderna. Abbiamo, infine, proposto un modello generale in due fasi caratterizzato da quattro processi psicologici fondamentali.