Hello Odd Lots listeners! As we take a break for the holidays we'd like to take a moment and bring you an episode by one of our sister shows here at Bloomberg Podcasts, Merryn Talks Money. 

In this special two-part series, John Stepek and Merryn Somerset Webb tell the extraordinary story of John Law: a fugitive Scots gambler who became the most powerful financier in France and helped invent the modern monetary system. From murder and exile to paper money, banking revolutions and spectacular collapse, Law’s life reveals why today’s financial system works the way it does—and why it sometimes blows up. It’s history, scandal and monetary theory rolled into one irresistible tale.

We used a range of sources for this podcast but two key books to read if you'd like to find out more are:
John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century (2018), by James Buchan
John Law: Economic Theorist and Policy-Maker (1997), by Antoin Murphy

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Hello Odd Lots listeners! As we take a break for the holidays we'd like to take a moment and bring you an episode by one of our sister shows here at Bloomberg Podcasts, Merryn Talks Money.&nbsp;
In this special two-part series, John Stepek and Merryn Somerset Webb tell the extraordinary story of John Law: a fugitive Scots gambler who became the most powerful financier in France and helped invent the modern monetary system. From murder and exile to paper money, banking revolutions and spectacular collapse, Law&rsquo;s life reveals why today&rsquo;s financial system works the way it does&mdash;and why it sometimes blows up. It&rsquo;s history, scandal and monetary theory rolled into one irresistible tale.
We used a range of sources for this podcast but two key books to read if you'd like to find out more are: John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century (2018), by James Buchan John Law: Economic Theorist and Policy-Maker (1997), by Antoin Murphy Like this episode? Listen and Subscribe to the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-law-the-gambler-who-invented-modern-money-part-1/id1654809850?i=1000742294822">Merryn Talks Money&nbsp;</a>podcast on Apple, Spotify, iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts Only Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox &mdash; now delivered every weekday &mdash; plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots?in_source=oddlotspodcast" data-destination="https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots?in_source=oddlotspodcast">bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots</a>

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Merryn Talks Money: John Law, The Gambler Who Invented Modern Money (Part 1)

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