Detailed Description

Title: La crisis económica
Creator: Núñez, Rafael, 1825-1894
Publication Info: Bogotá : Imprenta de la Luz, 1886.
Physical Condition: Last pages torn, water stained and frail.

Summary: Rafael Núñez provides a detailed analysis of the precarious economic situation of the country in 1886 resulting from the nation’s inability to compete in global markets. He focuses his analysis and critiques of the economic system on problems with the Colombian currency and offers potential solutions.
Historical Notes: Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera’s government (1845-1849, 1861-1864 and 1866-1867) enacted profound changes in Colombia’s fiscal policy. These changes were largely focused on implementing favorable conditions for free trade, such as decreasing import tariffs, while offering farmers some protections for internal commerce. Junguito, Roberto 2010 Las finanzas públicas del siglo XIX. In Economía Colombiana del siglo XIX. A. Meisel Roca and M.T. Ramírez, eds. Pp. 60-61. Bogotá: Banco de la República.
Donor Notes: Núñez details his analysis of the fiscal and economic crisis affecting Colombia and calls for heroic measures; the retirement of the paper money then being issued so profusely. - J.L.H.

Subject(s): Colombia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Colombia -- Monetary policy -- 19th century

Type: Pamphlet
Language: Spanish
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: P01266
Record Number: 240