Resumen

NEWLAND, Carlos. Political Class and Banking Sector in Argentina between the Interwar Years: the Case of Banco Español y del Río de la Plata. Am. Lat. Hist. Econ [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.2, e1028.  Epub 10-Jun-2020. ISSN 2007-3496.  https://doi.org/10.18232/alhe.1028.

This paper analyzes the relationship between politics and the Argentine banking system between the first and second world war, through the case of the Banco Español y Rio de la Plata. The intimate connection with the financial institution and various influential politicians who received privileged treatment is described. Al the same time the Banco Español depended for its existence on public aid. This seems a very a clear-cut case of crony capitalism, which is studied through diverse sources, and specially through internal documentation.

Palabras llave : finances; Banks; credits.