Richard Cantillon: Entrepreneur and Economist
Antoin E. Murphy
Abstract
This book analyses the career and writings of the enigmatic Irish‐born economist Richard Cantillon, a banker and entrepreneur. Cantillon's work is examined in the context of the stock market speculation generated by John Law's Mississippi System and the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Cantillon was an active trader in this period and made a considerable fortune by correctly anticipating the market crashes of both the Mississippi Company and the South Sea Bubble.
Keywords: Richard Cantillon, entrepreneur, financial innovation, France, John Law, macroeconomics, Mississippi System, money, South Sea Bubble
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1989 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198286820 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 | DOI:10.1093/0198286821.001.0001 |
