The Moneymaker
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The true story of John Law, gambler, mathematical genius - and killer, and his role in the history of money. Three centuries ago, wealth was in the form of gold and silver. LawA A*s ideas revolutionised finance: he set up one of the first banks to issue paper money. A successful system today but for John Law it ended in disaster.
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The Moneymaker, Janet Gleeson
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- 2001
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- Title
- The Moneymaker
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Janet Gleeson
- Publisher
- Pearson Education : Longman
- Released
- 2001
- ISBN10
- 0582453534
- ISBN13
- 9780582453531
- Collection
- Penguin Readers.
- Category
- World prose
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- The true story of John Law, gambler, mathematical genius - and killer, and his role in the history of money. Three centuries ago, wealth was in the form of gold and silver. LawA A*s ideas revolutionised finance: he set up one of the first banks to issue paper money. A successful system today but for John Law it ended in disaster.