2 Quotes & Sayings By Aldo Leopond

Aldo Leopond was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1903. He studied law at the University of Buenos Aires and was employed as a lecturer in economics at the same institution. His first two books were published in Argentina. The first, La economia de Marx (1928), was an analysis of the Marxist view of economics; the second, Las formas de la vida cotidiana (1929), was essentially a manual on the economic conditions of life Read more

After emigrating to Spain to avoid suffering under General Sarmiento, he continued his studies there and became interested in Spanish literature. In 1932 he entered the University of Madrid to become a teacher of literature. In 1938 he went to Paris on a fellowship from the Center for Applied Economic Research and joined the staff of the Journal of Economic Theory as an editor and contributor.

He translated several works from English into Spanish and wrote on various topics of economic theory. In 1939 he returned to Buenos Aires as a member of the staff of El Hogar, a weekly newspaper published by the Catholic Church. In 1940 he received a professorship at the university, but resigned his position to go into business as a real-estate promoter with his brother-in-law, Francisco Cabañas Hartmann.

In 1941 he founded El Hogar Editorial with Hartmann and Héctor Baratta y Rodríguez. From 1942 to 1945 he served as secretary of economic policy for the Argentine embassy in Washington D.C., where he met many influential people, including Henry R. Luce and John Foster Dulles .

However, during this period Leopond's political views became more radical, which led him into political opposition movements following World War II . During this time he traveled widely throughout Latin America . In 1947 Leopond returned to Argentina as editor-in-chief of El Hogar , which he transformed into a highly respected journal of opinion ; president Juan Perón named him minister for foreign trade .

He held this post until 1951 , when Juan Perón dismissed him following an unsuccessful civil service strike . Leopond's next career was as publisher and editor-in-chief of La Nueva República , an independent newspaper that he founded with his brother , José María Leopond , in 1952 . This newspaper lasted only one year before it was forced to close because it had been taken over by Perón's associates ; Leopond then turned to newspaper publishing with La