ABSTRACT
The Spanish economic crisis of 2008, also known as the “Great Recession,” was the outcome of a housing bubble that triggered the banking recession of 2010, which in turn caused a substantial rise in unemployment. The job losses reached the alarming gure of 6,202,700, representing 27.16 percent of the total population of Spain in the rst quarter of 2013 (according to the Encuesta de Población Activa).1 This monetary collapse has transcended the specialized environments of the political, scal and academic realms to become a matter of interest at every social level. The economic slowdown has negatively impacted on the lives of Spanish citizens regarding nancial access to housing and health systems.
