Las Reflexiones (1761) de Simón de Aragorri y la reforma del comercio atlántico español

Abstract

Reflexiones sobre el estado actual del comercio de España -Reflections about the Current State of the Commerce in Spain- is a hitherto unknown and vast economic and political treatise which was published in 1761 anonymously. His author was Simón de Aragorri. The serendipity of a print copy of the treatise let us assert that it aimed at having a bearing on the economic debate right after Carlos III's enthronement. This article analyzes the theoretical foundations and the reformists scheme put forward in the treatise relative to the overseas Spanish possessions.