Comments on: Informal Economy

By: The vital role of the informal economy | The Enlightened Economist

The vital role of the informal economy | The Enlightened Economist — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:45:34 +0000

[...] entrepreneurialism of the informal economy, which he labels ‘System D’ (rather than use Keith Hart’s original terminology), in order to distinguish it from the informal economy of organised crime with its dealing in [...]

By: Small-scale Renewable Energy and the Informal Economy

Small-scale Renewable Energy and the Informal Economy — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:43:22 +0000

[...] there are many competing definitions of the “informal economy,” it is generally defined as economic activity occurring outside of formal channels, usually outside government regulation or done without monetary exchange. Essentially, it is the [...]

By: Got a Hustle to Pay Rent While Jobless? You’re Part of a $1T Economy

Got a Hustle to Pay Rent While Jobless? You’re Part of a $1T Economy — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:11:18 +0000

[...] formal capitalist economy—but by what it’s for—the needs of the community. (Anthropologist Keith Hart, credited with coining the term informal economy in the 1970s, has similar issues with it.) A [...]