'John Law', c1700-1710, (1890). John Law (1671-1729) Scottish economist who believed money was a means of exchange and did not constitute wealth. Appointed Controller General of Finances of France under the Duke of Orleans, who served as regent for the youthful king, Louis XV. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]
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