Baldomero Argente

Baldomero Argente del Castillo (1877–1965) was a Spanish politician, sociologist, lawyer, economist, writer and journalist.

[2] Translator of the American economist's works,[5] Argente had a central role in the dissemination of the ideas of georgism in Spain.

[14] A follower of the Count of Romanones,[1] he was appointed as Minister of Supply in December 1918, only to leave the portfolio in February 1919.

[16] He took office as member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences on 1 June 1924, reading La Reforma Agraria, a discourse replied by Eduardo Sanz Escartín [es].

[17] During the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Argente served as member of the National Assembly and the Council of State.

Political cartoon by Tovar depicting Argente in 1919 as Minister of Supply throwing paper sheets, "In the absence of bread, good is my prose".