Juan Velarde Fuertes (26 June 1927 – 3 February 2023) was a Spanish

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. He was serving as President of the

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Biography

Juan was born in the Asturian town of

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on June 26,1927. ((of which he was named Favorite Son). After studying at the Ramiro de Maeztu Institute, he graduated and received his doctorate with an Extraordinary Prize in Economic Sciences at the University of Madrid, with the first promotion of these studies in Spain (1956). In 1951 he entered the national body of labor inspection. He worked as the Directorate of the Institute of Labor Studies and Social Security until 1982. Throughout his life he wrote about economic issues in different media and publications, such as the ''Revista de Economía Política'', '' La Hora'', ''Alférez'' and ''Alcalá.'' Between 1952 and 1979 he directed the economic section of the newspaper ''Arriba. F''rom 1979 to 1986 he contributed a column in the newspaper ''Ya. From 1986 he collaborated regularly in the newspaper ABC.'' He collaborated with the current affairs magazine ''Época;'' for years published articles in articles in ''Expansión'' and a weekly Tribuna in ''El Economista''

Works

*'Cien años de la economía española' por Ediciones Encuentro ('One hundred years of Spanish economy' by Ediciones Encuentro) 2009Luke Fog ''The Euro is to Blame. Economics for Spanish people'' 1326476831 - 2015 p102 "This process of convergence is very well explained in Juan Velarde's book called '100 Years of Spanish Economy'12."

References

1927 births 2023 deaths Spanish economists People from Oviedo (Asturian comarca) {{Spain-economist-stub