Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas

In 1893, Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas was born in the Sant Martí de Provençals neighborhood of Barcelona.[2] The son of a bartender, he studied bookkeeping.[1] In 1909, he took part in the events of Tragic Week, was wounded and fled to Argentina.[1][3] After a few years he returned to Barcelona and worked in various occupations. He took part in the 1931 local elections as a candidate for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), at the same time as he was a member of the CNT's Liberal Professions Union.[1][2][3] As a member of the Ateneu Enciclopèdic Popular, he founded the Institut de Ciències Econòmics de Catalunya, where he taught three economics courses.[3]

In August 1936 he was elected as a member of the CNT to the Economic Council of Catalunya,[1] from where he signed the Collectivisation Decree and drafted the civil mobilization project.[3] He acted as the Minister of Economy of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 26 September to 17 December 1936.[1][2][3] In 1937 he went into exile in France, and at the outbreak of World War II he went to London, where he collaborated with the BBC.[1][3]

• Irlanda i Catalunya. Paral·lelisme polític-econòmic (1932)
• Les possibilitats econòmiques d'una Catalunya independent (1932)
• Assaig d'Economia Política (1932–34)
• Els factors econòmics de la revolució (1937)
• Vuitanta dies al govern de la Generalitat (1937)
• Les finances de la revolució (1937)