The presented master ‘s thesis looks into the influence of
political power on the development of the financial system in
Mexico. The theo-retical part of the work is focused on
explaining the basic principles and premises of modern money
theory. The analytical part of the work then deals with a
detailed examination of economic policy measures and their
impact on the functioning of the monetary system and
redis-tribution in Mexico from the 70s of the last century to
the present. The aim is to answer the research questions
proposed in the introduction by applying the theoretical basis
of the work to specific phenomena and events in the Mexican
economy during the period under review.