ABSTRACT
The time has come to reflect on the possible effects of the Rothschild’s activities in Spain over the period of time we have considered. There is no question that their presence in areas as far flung as those we have seen serves as a series of windows through which to view and analyse the effect of their activities from various perspectives. For the sake of simplicity we will try now to broach this issue via two approaches. In the first case, we will make a brief reference to the earnings of the Rothschilds in terms of the returns on each of their investments and their performance as a financial entity; in the second, we will analyse the importance their contributions had for the management of the Spanish public finances as well as the development of some specific macroeconomic variables with the aim of shedding some light on what their role was in the development of the Spanish economy.
