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John Law (pronounced [lɑs] in French in the traditional approximation of Laws, the colloquial Scottish form of the name; [1][2] 21 April 1671 – 21 March 1729) was a Scottish-French [3] economist who distinguished money, a means of exchange, from national wealth dependent on trade.
Aug 30, 2018 · In January 1720, the grateful regent appointed Law France’s first foreign finance minister. “It was a type of miracle”, wrote a wistful contemporary 20 years later, “that posterity will ...
Sep 5, 2020 · John Law killed a man in a duel, brought the first paper money to France, and became one of the richest people in the world. Then it all collapsed.
John Law (baptized April 21, 1671, Edinburgh, Scotland—died March 21, 1729, Venice, Italy) was a Scottish monetary reformer and originator of the “Mississippi scheme” for the development of French territories in America. Law studied mathematics, commerce, and political economy in London.
Aug 29, 2018 · John Law: the 18th-century Scot who became richer than the king of France. The remarkable story of how John Law transformed the French economy after establishing a national bank.
May 23, 2018 · John Law of Lauriston (1671–1729), economist, banker, merchant, and statesman, founded the first Bank of France and is generally held responsible for the Mississippi Bubble. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous goldsmith–banker, who died when Law was only 13.
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Apr 18, 2019 · For years the most thorough and accessible account of this elusive Scotsman had been La Banqueroute de Law (1977) by the French politician and essayist Edgar Faure. James Buchan’s John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century is the first English-language biography that is comprehensive, scholarly, and also readable.
