Richard Cantillon, entrepreneur and economist /
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| Author / Creator: | Murphy, Antoin E. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986. |
| Description: | vii, 336 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/806663 |
Table of Contents:
- richard Cantillon Entrepreneur And Economist
- Richard Cantillon
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Dating
- Tables
- Charts
- Abbreviations for Principal 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, 1714-1717
- 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
- 8. The Mississippi System: Phase Two
- 9. 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
- Index