The institutional development of the Ministry of Finance and Commerce in the xix century

Authors

  • Carlos Morales Ceron Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v22i42.17486

Keywords:

Ministry of Finance and Commerce, taxation, institutions, economy

Abstract

The Ministry of Finance and Commerce (today the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), was the decisive institution that in the 19th century, not only determined the formation of republican finances, but also the formation of the caudillo state. All public expenditure was filtered, and by the voice of its ministers the economic thought of the time was disseminated, always in relation to international markets, in times of boom and crisis, including: Institutional study of the Ministry of Finance and Commerce, the behavior of the republican economy in the nineteenth century, in the context of the governments that in our opinion were the most important, being determinants for the time, analyzed the memories of the main ministers of Finance and Commerce in the governments of San Martin, Simón Bolívar (1821-1826), governments of Ramón Castilla (1845-1862).

Author Biography

  • Carlos Morales Ceron, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales

    Historiador graduado en San Marcos y profesor universitario del Departamento de Historia de la UNMSM. Magíster en Historia y candidato a Doctor. Es especialista en archivos e historia del Perú virreinal. Actualmente se dedica a la investigación de la moneda en el Perú con el auspicio del Banco Central de Reserva del Perú.

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2020-02-19

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How to Cite

Morales Ceron, C. (2020). The institutional development of the Ministry of Finance and Commerce in the xix century. Investigaciones Sociales, 22(42), 155-169. https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v22i42.17486