La libertad de comercio en las Islas Filipinas[Freedom of trade in the Philippine Islands]

Madrid: Imprenta de José Noguera, 1871
size: 7 3/4" x 5 3/4" (20 cm x 15 cm)
depth: 1/2" (1.2 cm)

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Its author was born in Manila in 1830, began studying law at UST and finished his studies in Madrid. Upon returning to the Philippines, he held high positions in the administration of justice. In 1871 he was appointed mayor of Cagayan and civil governor of Manila. Since 1876 he made a political career in Spain. This book, as its author states, "aims to show that monopoly and restrictions are the cause of the fact that the wealth of the Philippines has not developed to the degree that was to be expected from the special conditions of that territory, that its commerce has dragged a languid and not at all expansive life until well into the present century, and therefore free exchange is the great remedy to be applied to these evils." It is thus a pioneer work of Philippine economic liberalism and a precedent of Sancianco’s study.