The Spanish Enlightenment and Happiness Economics. The case of Seville’s Economic Society of Friends of the Country and its project to trade meat salting with Buenos Aires Province (1778)
The Enlightened movement in Spain is widely known for its modernizing effort and its economic and social reform projects in the 18th century. In line with the European Enlightenment, the ideals of classical liberalism and utilitarianism began to spread hand in hand with the enlightened intellectuals...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/88108 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88108 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | B11 B12 D60 I31 Happiness Economics Spanish Enlightenment Economic Societies of Friends of the Country Utilitarianism Classical Economics Economía de la Felicidad Ilustración Española Sociedades Económicas de Amigos del País Utilitarismo Economía Clásica Historia económica Microeconomía 5308.01 Metodología Económica 5307.15 Teoría Microeconómica |
| Resumo: | The Enlightened movement in Spain is widely known for its modernizing effort and its economic and social reform projects in the 18th century. In line with the European Enlightenment, the ideals of classical liberalism and utilitarianism began to spread hand in hand with the enlightened intellectuals as a paradigm towards the well-being of the people. The roots of the Happiness Economics can be traced back to the 18th century scholars through the association made between the economic development of society and the level of happiness. This paper analyzes the project of the Royal Sevillian Economic Society of Friends of the Country to trade with the province of Buenos Aires as a case study of the connection between economic development, well-being, and happiness in the Spanish Enlightenment through the study of the Libro de Actas No. 1 (1775-1780) and the Book of Correspondence of the Society, as well as the loose papers available in the Municipal Archive of Seville |
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