John Law

Author : James Buchan
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 184866608X

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John Law by James Buchan Pdf

At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for his arrest. On the continent he lurched from one money-making scheme to the next - selling insurance against losing lottery tickets in Holland, advising the Duke of Savoy - amassing a fortune of some £80,000. But for his next trick he had grander ambitions. When Louis XIV died, leaving a thoroughly bankrupt France to his five-year-old heir, Law gained the ear of the Regent, Philippe D'Orleans. In the years that followed, Law's financial wizardry transformed the fortunes of France, enriching speculators and investors across the continent, and he was made Controller-General of Finances, effectively becoming the French Prime Minister. But the fall from grace that was to follow was every bit as spectacular as his meteoric rise. John Law, by a biographer of Adam Smith and the author of Frozen Desire and Capital of the Mind, dramatises the life of one of the most inventive financiers in history, a man who was born before his time and in whose day the word millionaire came to be coined.

Author : Antoin E. Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Capitalists and financiers
ISBN : 019828649X

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John Law by Antoin E. Murphy Pdf

John Law (1671-1729) left a remarkable legacy of economic concepts from a time when economic conceptualization was very much at an embryonic stage. Yet he is best known-and generally dismissed-today as a rake, duellist, and gambler. This intellectual biography offers a new approach to Law, one that shows him to have been a significant economic theorist with a vision that he attempted to implement as policy in early-eighteenth-century Europe. Law's style, marked by a clarity and use of modern terminology, stands out starkly against the turgid prose of many of his contemporaries. His vision of a monetary and financial system was certainly one of a later age, for Law believed in an economy of banknotes and credit where specie had no role to play. Ultimately Law failed as a policy-maker, in part because of the entrenchment of the financiers and their aristocratic backers and in part because of theoretical flaws in his vision. His struggle for power took place against the background of Europe's first major stock boom and collapse. The collapse of the Mississippi System, which he had conceived, and the South Sea Bubble led to a lasting impression of Law as a failure. It is this impression that Antoin Murphy seeks to dispel.

Author : John Law
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134294312

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After Method by John Law Pdf

John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what kinds of social realities we want to create. Most current methods look for clarity and precision. It is usually said that only poor research produces messy findings, and the idea that things in the world might be fluid, elusive, or multiple is unthinkable. Law's startling argument is that this is wrong and it is time for a new approach. Many realities, he says, are vague and ephemeral. If methods want to know and help to shape the world, then they need to reinvent themselves and their politics to deal with mess. That is the challenge. Nothing less will do.

Author : John Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1760
Category : Banks and banking
ISBN : NLS:B900055956

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Money and Trade Considered by John Law Pdf

Author : John D. McCamus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 1552210189

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The Law of Contracts by John D. McCamus Pdf

This is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible account of the Canadian common law of contracts. It includes chapters on emerging topics such as good faith bargaining, the duty to perform in good faith and new developments in remedies, including disgorgement and punitive damages. It is written by one of Canada's leading authorities in the field.

Author : John Philip Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Capitalists and financiers
ISBN : NYPL:33433082385133

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Memoirs of the Life of John Law of Lauriston by John Philip Wood Pdf

Author : Peter D. Maddaugh,John D. McCamus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0779886704

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The Law of Restitution by Peter D. Maddaugh,John D. McCamus Pdf

Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:26953603

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John Law by William Harrison Ainsworth Pdf

Author : James Buchan
Publisher : MacLehose Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781848666078

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John Law by James Buchan Pdf

At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with it a warrant for his arrest. On the continent he lurched from one money-making scheme to the next - selling insurance against losing lottery tickets in Holland, advising the Duke of Savoy - amassing a fortune of some £80,000. But for his next trick he had grander ambitions. When Louis XIV died, leaving a thoroughly bankrupt France to his five-year-old heir, Law gained the ear of the Regent, Philippe D'Orleans. In the years that followed, Law's financial wizardry transformed the fortunes of France, enriching speculators and investors across the continent, and he was made Controller-General of Finances, effectively becoming the French Prime Minister. But the fall from grace that was to follow was every bit as spectacular as his meteoric rise. John Law, by a biographer of Adam Smith and the author of Frozen Desire and Capital of the Mind, dramatises the life of one of the most inventive financiers in history, a man who was born before his time and in whose day the word millionaire came to be coined.

Author : A. W. Wiston-Glynn
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547085379

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John Law of Lauriston by A. W. Wiston-Glynn Pdf

This book is a biography of John Law, a Scottish economist who distinguished money, a means of exchange, from national wealth dependent on trade. He served as Controller General of Finances under the Duke of Orleans, who was regent for the juvenile Louis XV of France. In 1716, Law set up a private Banque Générale in France, which effectively made it the nation's first central bank.

Author : John Philip Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1791
Category : Banks and banking
ISBN : OXFORD:N11731086

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A Sketch of the Life and Projects of John Law of Lauriston, Comptroller General of the Finances in France by John Philip Wood Pdf

Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752594096

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John Law by William Harrison Ainsworth Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600061324

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John Law by William Harrison Ainsworth Pdf

Author : Antoin E. Murphy
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191521539

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John Law by Antoin E. Murphy Pdf

John Law (1671-1729) left a remarkable legacy of economic concepts from a time when economic conceptualization was very much at an embryonic stage. Yet he is best known—and generally dismissed—today as a rake, duellist, and gambler. This intellectual biography offers a new approach to Law, one that shows him to have been a significant economic theorist with a vision that he attempted to implement as policy in early-eighteenth-century Europe. Law's style, marked by a clarity and use of modern terminology, stands out starkly against the turgid prose of many of his contemporaries. His vision of a monetary and financial system was certainly one of a later age, for Law believed in an economy of banknotes and credit where specie had no role to play. Ultimately Law failed as a policy-maker, in part because of the entrenchment of the financiers and their aristocratic backers and in part because of theoretical flaws in his vision. His struggle for power took place against the background of Europe's first major stock boom and collapse. The collapse of the Mississippi System, which he had conceived, and the South Sea Bubble led to a lasting impression of Law as a failure. It is this impression that Antoin Murphy seeks to dispel.

Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290198020

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John Law, the Projector by William Harrison Ainsworth Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.