John Law: A Scottish Adventurer Of The Eighteenth Century James Buchan Maclehose Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Economics Business & Finance General Issues

At The Summit Of His Power John Law Was Most Famous Man In Europe Born Scotland 1671 He Convicted Murder London And After Escape From Prison Fled For Mainland When Union With England Brought It A Warrant Arrest On Continent Lurched One Money-Making Scheme To Next - Selling Insurance Against Losing Lottery Tickets Holland Advising Duke Savoy Amassing Fortune Some £80 000 But Trick Had Grander Ambitions Louis Xiv Died Leaving Thoroughly Bankrupt France Five-Year-Old Heir Gained Ear Regent Philippe D\ Orleans Years That Followed Law\ S Financial Wizardry Transformed Fortunes Enriching Speculators Investors Across Made Controller-General Finances Effectively Becoming French Prime Minister Fall Grace Follow Every Bit As Spectacular Meteoric Rise By Biographer Adam Smith Author Frozen Desire Capital Mind Dramatises Life Inventive Financiers History Who Before Time Whose Day Word Millionaire Came Be Coined Σελίδες: 528 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0905 Διαστάσεις: 12 6X12 6Cm