Francisco Pereira de Moura, (1925-1998): The founder of modern economics in Portugal

The Portuguese economist Francisco Pereira de Moura passed away on April 4, 1998. During the lace 1960s and well on into the 1970s, Moura gained inter national fame when he stood with the students against the repressive fascis t regime in Portugal. After the fall of the dictatorship on April 25, 1974, he returned to Portugal's celebrated Superior Institute of Economic and Fi nancial Sciences (ISEG) to carry on the work of curriculum reform. In the e ssay that follows he is remembered by one of his most distinguished student s who now serves as a Professor of Economics at the ISEG.