1st Edition

A History of Spanish Economic Thought From Scholasticism to Keynesianism

By Jesús Astigarraga, Juan Zabalza Copyright 2026
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents a new and comprehensive study of the history of Spanish economic thought. It analyses all the main schools and currents of economic thought that left their mark in the country, from Scholasticism in the 16th century through to Keynesianism in the post-Second World War era. As well as identifying the main authors and works of Spanish economic thought, it establishes their... Read more

About the authors

Acknowledgements

 1. INTRODUCTION

 2. SCHOLASTICISM AND THE SCHOOL OF SALAMANCA

 3. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ARBITRISMO

 4. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (1700–1812)

 5. THE EARLY CLASSICAL STAGE: THE SAY ERA (1814–40)

6. POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE AGE OF LIBERAL REFORMS (1840–74) 

 7. BEYOND CLASSICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: KRAUSISM, MODERATE LIBERALISM AND SOCIAL CATHOLICISM (1874–1904)

 8. NEO-HISTORICISM AND THE MODERNISING OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE (1904–30)

 9. DOCTRINAL DIVERSITY IN A TURBULENT DEMOCRATIC ENVIRONMENT (1930–39)

 10. RECONSTRUCTING ECONOMIC SCIENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF A DICTATORSHIP: KEYNESIANISM AND ORDOLIBERALISM (1940–59)

Glossary

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Index

Biography

Jesús Astigarraga is a full professor at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). He holds a PhD in economics (1991) and a PhD in history (2015).

Juan Zabalza is a full professor at the Faculty of Economics (University of Alicante, Spain), where he teaches, among other topics, the history of economic thought.