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tencin: stockjobbing the abbe and others
It was the Regency period in France, beginning in 1715 and was a hey-day of cynical license in the last legs of the aged Louis XIV. And Mme Alexandrine de Tencin found no lack of companions. Her vows from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbe Dubois, Abbe Raynal, Abbe Tencin, Chevalier Destouches, D'Alembert, Denis Diderot, francois boucher paintings, Guillaume Thomas Francois abbe Raynal, Jean-Honore Fragonard, John Law, John Law The Mississippi Bubble, Lord Bolingbroke, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Prior, Philippe d'Orleans
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arguing from bank to boudoir
Powerful advocates brought Alexandrine’s pleas to the ear of the pope, and in November 1712, her vows were formally annulled. It was the liberation of Mme de Tencin. From convent to court, and from bank to boudoir, she was always … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbe Dubois, Abbe Raynal, Chevalier Destouches, Claudine Alexandrine Guerin de Tencin, Claudine de Tencin, D'Alembert, Denis Diderot, Jean Le Rond, Lord Bolingbroke, Louis XIV, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Prior, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Mme de Ferriol, Mme de Tencin, Philippe d'Orleans
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madame de tencin: liberation of null and void
A rockin’ nun. The liberation of Mme de Tencin. From convent to court, from bank to boudoir, she was always prone to argue. It was the beginning of the eighteenth-century and the rays of light were starting to shine through … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbe Dubois, Abbe Raynal, Cardinal Dubois, Charles-Joseph de la Fresnaye, Charlotte Lennox, Chevalier Destouches, Claudine Alexandrine Guerin de Tencin, Claudine de Tencin, D'Alembert, Guillaume Thomas Francois abbe Raynal, Lord Bolingbroke, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Prior poet, Mme de Ferriol, Mme de Tencin, Philippe d'Orleans, Regent Fontenelle, Reverend James Wood, Vauban military engineer
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when you can charge it
He was called the scoundrel who invented credit. He was a Scottish libertine named John Law who rescued France from ruin, then ruined France again by applying his theory of prosperity based on credit. Law showed us the future and … Continue reading
get rich quick : bubbles in biloxi
He was brilliant. But he was something of a scoundrel. Some of the ideas were there that bore resemblance to John Maynard Keynes. Some of the ideas were there that resembled the classic stock swindle and Ponzi scheme, mortgage backed … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Madoff, Jean Antoine Watteau, John Law, John Law Mississippi Bubble, John Maynard Keynes, Lady Catherine Senor, Lord Banbury, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Montesquieu, Niall Ferguson, Philippe d'Orleans, Voltaire, William Hogarth
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bank heist: meltdown on the Mississippi
It is really a case of the greater fool hypothesis. That is, no matter how high the price of something gets whipped up in speculative frenzy, there are always others who are willing to pay for it. The Mississippi Bubble … Continue reading
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Tagged Francois Boucher, francois boucher paintings, Greater fool hypothesis, James Turk, John Kenneth Gailbraith, John Law banking and finance, John Law The Mississippi Bubble, John Law The System, Joseph Schumpeter, Lady Catherine Senor, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, max keiser, Philippe d'Orleans
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Ole’ Miss: beating the system
A Scottish libertine named John Law rescued France from certain ruin after the death of Louis XIV, the Sun King who had emptied the treasury. However Law then ruined France a second time by basing prosperity on credit; which in … Continue reading
print, borrow and occupy
He was called the scoundrel who invented credit. John Law was a Scottish libertine who rescued France from ruin, then ruined her again, by basing prosperity on credit. He gave us a glimpse of the future. It didn’t work then, … Continue reading
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Tagged aron kay, Aron Kay the pieman, greg smith goldman sachs, greg smith resignation, James Gillray, John Law, la Duclos actress, Lady Catherine Senor, Lord Banbury, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, occupy wall street, Philippe d'Orleans
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