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ROMERO SOTELO, Ma. Eugenia. Rodrigo Gómez: A Central Bank for Development. Economía UNAM [online]. 2014, vol.11, n.31, pp.53-83. ISSN 1665-952X.

Rodrigo Gómez was a prominent actor in the economic history of the twentieth century of Mexico. Throught his intellectual and professional life, like as Director General del Banco de México (1952 a 1970), we has recovered historical experience and the principles of a central bank whose main propose was the development and welfare of the population, not only price stability. Historical knowledge that confronts our present, where the country has a central bank that is not attending development problems and growth, and its´ only concerning of price stability.

Palavras-chave : Economic Development; Central Bank; Price Stability; Economic History.