ABSTRACT
From 1780 onwards, Spain became a fertile ground for receiving economic ideas from abroad in general, and Smith’s in particular. This chapter emphasises the partial reception and use of The Wealth of Nations (WN) by some of enlightened Spaniards like Jovellanos, Alonso, Foronda or Covarrubias. There is evidence that Smith’s agenda embodied in the last two books of the WN was by far much influential in Spain. The first readers of the WN paid particular attention to Smith’s proposal on public finance to address Spanish financial troubles.
