| Title: |
Reminiscences of Ernesto Malaccorto
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A145
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Argentina Project
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| Description: |
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 of 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.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 64 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open except for certain pages. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1971 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Malaccorto, Ernesto, 1902-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1902
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| Speaker occupation: |
Banker; Cabinet minister; Economist
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| Age at speaking: |
69
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| Document date: |
1971
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| Interviewer: |
Gutierrez, Leandro
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| Locations discussed: |
Argentina; South America
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Argentina; Argentina--Economic conditions--1918-; Argentina--Foreign relations; Argentina--Politics and government--20th century; Cabinet officers--Argentina; Economists; Oral history; South America
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Malaccorto, Ernesto, 1902-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019294-14737
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