Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance by Janet Gleeson

Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance

Janet Gleeson

304 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography economics history challenging informative slow-paced
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In the wake of Louis XIV's death, France's government teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. Enter the reformer in the unlikely guise of John Law -- a supremely charming and attractive Scot whose brilliant financial mind had thus far served only to ...

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