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1 online resource (vii, 336 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Dating -- Tables -- Charts -- Abbreviations for Principal Manuscript Sources -- An Example of Cantillon's Handwriting -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Richard Cantillon's Background -- 3. Cantillon's Early Career -- 4. Cantillon's Début as a Banker in Paris, 1714�17 -- 5. John Law and Richard Cantillon: The First Mississippi Fortune�Phase One -- 6. Bernard Cantillon's Expedition to Louisiana, 1719 -- 7. Lady Mary Herbert and Joseph Gage: Two of the Great Speculators of the Age |
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8. The Mississippi System�Phase Two9. London and Amsterdam: The Great Crashes in these Cities in 1720 -- 10. The Rich Mississippian and his Wife Mary Anne -- 11. Debt Collection and its Legal Consequences -- 12. The Strange Accusations of Christopher Balfe -- 13. The Writing and Contents of the Essai sur la nature du commerce en général -- 14. The Demise of Richard Cantillon -- 15. The Publication of the Essai in 1755 -- Concluding Note -- Appendix 1. Lady Mary Herbert's Debts -- Appendix 2. Richard Cantillon's Drawing Office Account at the Bank of England |
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Appendix 3. Alleged Sale of Shares by the Bank of Cantillon and Hughes acting on the Advice of Richard Cantillon, in 1720Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
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A biography of Richard Cantillon, 18th century banker and economist who became one of Europe's wealthiest men. The author discusses Cantillon's theories and shows how his career helps to explain such things as the nature of Europe's first stock exchange booms and the South Sea Bubble |
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Economics Cantillon, Richard - Critical studies |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Cantillon, Richard, -1734.
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Cantillon, Richard, -1734 fast |
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Cantillon, Richard, 1734- ram |
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Economists -- France -- Biography
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Capitalists and financiers -- France -- Biography
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Bankers -- France -- Biography
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Bankers
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Capitalists and financiers
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Economists
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Ondernemers.
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Economen.
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Economistes -- France -- biographie.
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Capitalistes et financiers -- France -- biographie.
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Banquiers -- France -- biographie.
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France
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191521447 |
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0191521442 |
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9780191596681 |
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019159668X |
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1282052314 |
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9781282052314 |
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9786612052316 |
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6612052317 |
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