Abstract
This paper analyses the political and economic significance of T. Anzano’s Analisis del comercio del trigo (1795), published as part of the Spanish edition of J.C. Hebert’s Ensayo sobre la policia general de los granos, which Anzano himself translated. Hebert's essay is considered to be one of the most influential contributions to the moderate defence of free trade within the context of the European Enlightenment. As he had done in a previous publication of 1768, Anzano proposed certain modifications to the liberalization of the commerce of grains as set out in Pragmatica (1765). However, while his earlier treatise had been formulated in opposition to an ideal of power represented by Campomanes, his Analisis del comercio was designed to support the interventionist tendency of the Concejo de Castilla, and therefore implied a critique of the liberal approach defended by Jovellanos’ Informe de Ley Agraria (1795). This critique was informed by an inclination to defend the interests of consumers and agrarian workers, and was influenced by the English political model and a certain degree of republican humanism. Anzano’s economic doctrines enshrined an approach that emphasized regulation and administration, and was marked by anti-physiocrat and cameralist influences.
Highlights
El economista aragonés Tomás Anzano publicó en 1795 un tratado, bajo el título de Análisis del comercio del trigo (Análisis, de ahora en adelante), que representó la posición oficial del poder político de la Monarquía española acerca del comercio de granos, un asunto de primer orden del que el autor, un experimentado funcionario de la Administración borbónica, ya se había ocupado extensamente tres décadas antes[1]
Hebert's essay is considered to be one of the most influential contributions to the moderate defence of free trade within the context of the European Enlightenment. As he had done in a previous publication of 1768, Anzano proposed certain modifications to the liberalization of the commerce of grains as set out in Pragmática (1765)
While his earlier treatise had been formulated in opposition to an ideal of power represented by Campomanes, his Análisis del comercio was designed to support the interventionist tendency of the Concejo de Castilla, and implied a critique of the liberal approach defended by Jovellanos’ Informe de Ley Agraria (1795). This critique was informed by an inclination to defend the interests of consumers and agrarian workers, and was influenced by the English political model and a certain degree of republican humanism
Summary
RESUMEN: En este trabajo se analiza la significación política y económica del Análisis del comercio del trigo (1795) de T. Se trata de una extensa y original aportación publicada en la edición del Ensayo sobre la policía general de los granos de J.C. Herbert, traducido por el propio Anzano. Dicha obra francesa es uno de los textos más influyentes de la Ilustración europea en defensa del libre comercio, desde una posición moderada. Como había hecho en una publicación de 1768, propone una política de comercio de granos que matiza la liberalización de la Pragmática de 1765. Anzano se basa en una concepción proclive a los intereses de consumidores y trabajadores agrarios, políticamente sensible al modelo político inglés y a cierto humanismo republicano. POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN TOMÁS ANZANO'S ‘ANÁLISIS DEL COMERCIO DEL TRIGO’ (1975)
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