Paradoxes of the crisis: The pandemic has generated an explosion of domestic debts in Argentina

Abstract

Unpaid debts for rents and utilities, including electricity, water, gas, and internet access, grew at an accelerated rate during the months of social distancing meant to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Currently, feminized and precarized economies are the preferred objects of indebtedness.The quarantine can be analyzed by looking at which types of movement generate debt and which generate earnings. This method not only makes evident who can stay at home and who cannot; it also shows that moving and staying put have different impacts on income and debt.