Abstract

Entre los arbitristas y reformistas de los siglos XVI y XVII, sobresale por su novedad el Dialogo sobre el comercio (1624) de Alberto Struzzi, si bien otros escritores de su epoca han ofrecido no solo en tratados, memoriales y arbitrios, sino en la misma ficcion literaria una imagen positiva de la actividad comercial como alternativa a los valores propios de la mentalidad nobiliaria. Se ha postulado con respecto a la difusion en Espana de las doctrinas de Adam Smith la tradicion de un liberalismo  ilustrado que culmina a finales del siglo XVIII, del cual constituye el Dialogo sobre el comercio un temprano antecedente en defensa de los valores de la burguesia mercantil contrarios al modelo economico cortesano predominante durante el gobierno de los Austrias. PALABRAS CLAVE: Struzzi, Arbitristas, Dialogo, Liberalismo Economico. __ The Dialogo sobre el comercio, by Alberto Struzzi, stands out for its innovative approach when considered in relation to the work of XVI and XVII century Spain 'project-makers' and reformers --even if at the time other writers offered (in treatises, memorials and books of projects, as well as via literary fictions) a positive image of trade as an alternative to the values of nobility. A tradition of enlightened liberalism, culminating at the end of the XVIII century, has been evoked in relation to the spread of Adam Smith's ideas in Spain; the Dialogo sobre el comercio comes across as an early antecedent of such a tradition, as it promotes the values of the merchant bourgeoisie in contrast with the courtly economic model which was dominant during Hapsburg Spain KEYWORDS: Struzzi, 'Project-makers', Dialogue, Economic Liberalism.

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