A More Liberal Spain

ERIK v. KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

Spain today is probably the most rapidly changing country in Europe, and in a sense the most dynamic. Spain’s quick evolution has an economic base. Several years ago a group of Opus Dei members and sympathizers succeeded in breaking the ideological grip of the Falange on Spanish economic life. The Falange, true to its semi-fascist nature, went in for state controls and collectivism. Now, thanks to the influence of Professor Wilhelm Roepke’s teachings, men like Ullastres, Minister of Commerce, and Lopez Ibor, head of the four-year Planning Commission, are now able to offer an alternative to economic stagnation and bankruptcy.

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ERIK v. KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

Spain today is probably the most rapidly changing country in Europe, and in a sense the most dynamic. Spain’s quick evolution has an economic base. Several years ago a group of Opus Dei members and sympathizers succeeded in breaking the ideological grip of the Falange on Spanish economic life. The Falange, true to its semi-fascist nature, went in for state controls and collectivism. Now, thanks to the influence of Professor Wilhelm Roepke’s teachings, men like Ullastres, Minister of Commerce, and Lopez Ibor, head of the four-year Planning Commission, are now able to offer an alternative to economic stagnation and bankruptcy.