Franco: una rémora para el desarrollo económico y moral de España
Abstract
El libro de Stanley G. Payne y Jesús Palacios (en adelante P/P) afirma querer dibujar una imagen desapasionada del dictador. En el presente artículo se pasa revista a las tesis que mantienen sobre el supuesto pensamiento económico de Franco y su contribución al progreso económico y social de España. Después de un examen atento del libro, se concluye que P/P faltan al rigor, omiten aviesamente lo relevante, distorsionan la historia y yerran en su objetivo. Sostenemos que Franco es el paradigma del pensamiento económico vacío, cuya naturaleza reaccionaria y resistencia al cambio supusieron una pesada losa para el bienestar material y moral de España.
Palabras Clave: Franco, Guerra Civil, autarquía, pensamiento económico, regeneracionismo español.
Abstract: The book of Stanley G. Payne and Jesús Palacios (henceforth P/P) aims at providing a dispassionate biography of the dictator. This article gives an overview of the theses of P/P about Franco´s alleged economic thought and Franco´s contribution to the economic and social progress of Spain. After close examination of the book, the conclusion is that P/P lack academic rigour, deliberately omit relevant issues, distort history, and miss the point. We claim that Franco is the paradigm of an empty economic thought whose reactionary nature and resistance to change represented a dead-weight on Spain´s material and moral well-being.
Keywords: Franco, Civil War, autarchy, economic thought, Spanish regenerationism.
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