Prices and Wages at Paris under John Law's System

Abstract

Introduction, 42.—I. Economic conditions in France upon the death of Louis XIV, 43.—II. The General Bank and the Company of the West, 44.— III. The Royal Bank and the Company of the Indies, 47.— IV. Sources of price and wage statistics, 48.— V. Commodity prices, 50.— VI. Why prices rose, 62.— VII. Group price movements, 64.— VIII. Wages: money and real, 66.— IX. Comparison of prices at London, Madrid, Philadelphia, and Paris, 67.—X. Summary and Conclusions, 69.