Reminiscences of Ernesto Malaccorto, 1971
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- Name
- Malaccorto, Ernesto, 1902- (Interviewee)
- Gutiérrez, Leandro (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Ernesto Malaccorto, 1971
- Abstract
- Immigrant background, education; early commitment to Raul Prebisch and group of young reformers (later "Brains Trust") concerned with needed changes in national economy; work in National Bank, ECONOMIC REVIEW; Revolution of 1930 brought group to power at height of world depression: reforms of budget, tax structure, balance of payments, relation of federal and provincial finances; Director General o f Taxation on Revenues and Profits, 1932-42; crisis in province of Tucuman; attacks on government fiscal policy in meat industry, 1935; member fiscal committee of League of Nations, Under Secretary of Treasury, 1942; "Brains Trust" removed, 1943; private career as Certified Public Accountant, 1943-59; financial studies for United Nations, 1952 and 1955; Minister of Agriculture, 1959-61: campaigns to control foot-and-mouth disease, grain infestation; to Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. as one of Committee of Nine working on Alliance for Progress, 1962-66; Director of Central Bank, 1967-70; analysis of economic and financial reforms of 30s which made possible both industrialization of country and political developments of 40s and 50s
- Collection Name
- Argentina project
- Subjects
- Cabinet officers--Argentina; Economists; Argentina Foreign relations; Argentina Economic conditions 1918-; Argentina Politics and government 20th century; Malaccorto, Ernesto, 1902-
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 64 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Economist, banker, cabinet minister
- Note (Language)
- In Spanish
- Note
- Interviewed by Leandro Gutiérrez on August 24, 1971
- Language
- Spanish
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 16775244
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/zfgk-6q65
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.