John Law (1671-1729) is most widely known outside economics as a rake, duellist and gambler. This intellectual biography of the Scottish-born economic theorist and policy-maker 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.

This six-volume set contains the writings of the earliest pioneers of monetary theory. It contains some 28 texts, beginning with Gerard de Maynes' A Treatise of the Canker of England's Common Wealth (1601) and ending with Joseph Harris' An Essay on Money and Coins (1757/58). It contains some 28 texts, beginning with Gerard de Maynes' A Treatise of the Canker of England's Common Wealth (1601) and ending with Joseph Harris' An Essay on Money and Coins (1757/58). Many of the texts reproduced are both rare and difficult to read in their original form. Here each text has been carefully re-typeset...

This is a book about the discovery of the great macroeconomic concepts and ideas by a group of very exciting people between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth century. The writers concerned included the anatomist Sir William Petty; John Law a convicted Scottish murderer who became Prime Minister of France; Richard Cantillon, a multi-millionaire banker apparently murdered in London in 1734; the Scottish philosopher, David Hume; the French writer, Francois Quesnay, personal physician to the King's mistress, Madame de Pompadour; the former seminarian and future Prime Minister of France,...

Featuring original contributions from some of the leading contemporary figures in the history of economic thought, this book offers new perspectives on key topics, from Smith's Wealth of Nations to the Jevonian Revolution. Drawing inspiration from the life and work of R.D.C. Black, formerly Professor of Economics at Queen's University Belfast, this book will be of essential interest to any serious scholar of economic thought.

Antoin E. Murphy nous livre ici la biographie intellectuelle d une des personnalites les plus fascinantes de l Europe de l Ancien Regime, John Law (1671-1729). John Law chercha fortune a Londres, dont il s enfuit en 1695. On le retrouve ensuite aux plus belles tables de jeu de l Europe. Tout autre que lui se serait satisfait de cette vie de luxe et d oisivete, mais John Law avait une vision. Il croyait que l economie basee sur les pieces d or et d argent allait irremediablement s effacer devant un monde nouveau ou les billets emis par les banques et les papiers de credit seraient desormais la...

This is a study of Irish-born Richard Cantillon, eighteenth century banker and economist whose Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General (1755), published twenty-one years after his death, remains a significant contribution to the development of monetary theory.

This intellectual biography aims to present a new approach to John Law (1671-1729), one that shows him as a significant economic theorist with a vision.