John Law and the Mississippi Bubble; Inflation is Murder

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Mississippi Bubble was possibly the most consequential financial bubble in all of history. How was a murdering, jail breaking Scotsman given the keys to the French economy? John Law was a flawed genius, like Alexander Hamilton in many ways. A lot of the episode is about him, and his unique understanding of the 3 foundations of modern economies, companies and their real activities, stock markets which ...