Economic Legacy of José Joaquín de Mora

Jesús Astigarraga is Professor of Economics at the University of Zaragoza.Javier Usoz is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Zaragoza.Juan Zabalza is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Alicante.

• 1. Introduction. A distinctive proponent of classical political economy in the Spanish-speaking world.- 2. The Absolutism six-year Period (1814-1820). Encountering Smith and Say.- 3. The Liberal Triennium (1820-1823). Mora, Bentham and radical liberalism.- 4. London (1824-1827). The approach to British Classical political economy.- 5. Argentina (1827-1828). An early attempt to introduce economic liberalism in Hispanic America.- 6. Chile (1828-1832): 'El Mercurio Chileno' and the model of economic development for the Hispanic American republics.- 7. Peru and Bolivia. Teaching, journalism and diplomacy.- 8. Back to Spain (1843-1853). The debate on free trade in Spain under the sway of moderate liberalism.- 9. Mora and the Enciclopedia Moderna’s (1853-1855) entries on Political Economy and Public Finance.- 10. Mora and the articles for the journal 'La América': Dialoguing once again with Latin America from Spain.- 11. Epilogue. The art of dissemination.