Aproximacion a los estudios sobre la economia en la Segunda Republica espanola hasta 1936 -- Approaches to the economics of the Spanish Second Republic prior to 1936

TL;DR

This paper reviews the economic policies and conditions of the Spanish Second Republic up to 1936, highlighting data inaccuracies, policy attempts, and the impact of social and international crises on economic stability.

Contribution

It provides a critical analysis of the economic data, policies, and social context of Spain during the Second Republic, emphasizing the challenges and limitations faced.

Findings

Macroeconomic data during the period are unreliable.

Economic policies were often superficial and driven by social crises.

International downturns significantly affected Spain's economy.

Abstract

Macroeconomic data on the Spanish economy during the Second Republic is not accurate, the interpretation of historical events from the figures obtained is divergent and misleading. Hasty laws were enacted in attempts to resolve social problems arising mainly from deep economic inequalities, but they were often nothing more than declarations of good intentions. Spain suffered in the aftermath of the international economic downturn as it began to be felt at the end of the dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera. Economic policy was developed under the Constitution,but, despite the differences between the first and second biennium, there was a tendency to maintain the guidelines from the previous stage and in general, sometimes unfairly, it aimed at least to avoid the destabilization of the financial system. Nonetheless, it ultimately failed to achieve its goals, mainly because of the frequent changes of government mediated by a social crisis of greater significance that had relegated economic issues into the background.