| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 391 pages) : illustrations |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Law's Writings and his Critics -- 3. Law's Background -- 4. Duelling Beaux -- 5. The 'Gambling' Banker -- 6. Metamorphosis: John Law the Economist -- 7. The Edinburgh Environment in 1705 -- 8. Money and Trade -- 9. The Conceptualizatiun of the System -- 10. France 1714-1715 -- 11. The Establishment of the General Bank -- 12. The Establishment of the Company of the West -- 13. The Slow Development of the System -- 14. The Rise and Rise of the Mississippi Company, 1719 -- 15. A Specie-less France, 1720 -- 16. The Lull before the Storm -- 17. The Measures of 21 May 1720 -- 18. Law the Improviser -- 19. Requiem for the Banknote -- 20. The Possibility of a Recall to France -- 21. Death in Venice |
| Summary |
John Law (1671-1729) is most widely known outside economics as a rake, duellist and gambler. This biography shows him to have been a significant economic theorist when economic conceptualization was very much at an embryonic stage. It also explains his ultimate failure |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Law, John, 1671-1729.
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| SUBJECT |
Law, John, 1671-1729 fast |
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Capitalists and financiers -- Biography
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Finance -- France -- History
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Capitalists and financiers
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Finance
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Economische filosofie.
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Economische politiek.
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Finances -- 18e siècle -- France.
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France
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780191521539 |
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0191521531 |
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9780191596674 |
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0191596671 |
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9786611981310 |
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6611981314 |
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1281981311 |
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9781281981318 |
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