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Juan Lopez de Peñalver (Malaga, 1763 ó 64-Madrid, 1834)

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Aportaciones valiosas de López de Peñalver en el ámbito de la economía política se encuentran en un opúsculo titulado Reflexiones sobre la variación del precio del trigo (1812). Esta obra, aunque breve y en cierta medida circunstancial, constituye uno de los raros ejemplos del pensamiento económico original en España. El folleto aborda un problema clásico de política económica (a saber, si conviene o no modificar la legislación restrictiva sobre el comercio de granos) con una especial sensibilidad e instrumentos mentales refinados. Su visión podría tildarse de «ingenieril», sus herramientas formales son sencillas, pero precisas, y centra su atención sobre «la suerte de la gente del campo» (p. 6). Son estos tres rasgos los que seguramente explican la mayor fortuna de autores doctrinarios, con brillantez literaria o industrialistas, mientras la obra de López de Peñalver quedaba relegada en el olvido, pese a sus merecimientos científicos y clarividencia teórica. El rescate de Estapé y la referencia de Theocharis no fueron suficientes para que se estudiara a fondo el personaje, del que ni siquiera se conocían fecha y lugar de nacimiento ni de defunción.

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  • Barcelo, Alfons, 1989. "Juan Lopez de Peñalver (Malaga, 1763 ó 64-Madrid, 1834)," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(S1), pages 55-61, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:reveco:v:7:y:1989:i:s1:p:55-61_00
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