Abstract

GAMBI, Thiago F. R.  and  COSENTINO, Daniel V.. Mauá’s economic ideas and liberalism in the Tropics (1860-1878). Am. Lat. Hist. Econ [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.1, e1014.  Epub Feb 12, 2020. ISSN 2007-3496.  https://doi.org/10.18232/alhe.1014.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the ideas of Mauá on the economic progress, the money and credit, and the exchange rate. Three sources were used to do so the report of the crisis of 1857, the articles “Economic issues: Brazil’s monetary situation”, published in the Jornal do Comércio in 1878 and, finally, his Autobiography. We will evaluate how the Brazilian reality and their own businesses shaped the economic ideas of Mauá and, at the same time, how these ideas appeared in the economic debate, in order to influence the direction of economic policy of the empire. The analysis shows how Mauá, a typical figure of his time, was able to produce consistent economic ideas that reflect both his liberal philosophy and business practice and imperial policy.

Keywords : economic progress; currency; credit; exchange rate.

        · abstract in Portuguese     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )