Live Q&A: What the UK’s Political Turmoil Means for Markets

<figure><img src="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEZgLeGplbV8/v6/-1x-1.jpg"><figcaption><div><p>Source: Bloomberg, 0:00</p></div><div></div></figcaption></figure><p>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&#x2019;s life reveals why today&#x2019;s financial system works the way it does&#x2014;and why it sometimes blows up. It&#x2019;s history, scandal and monetary theory rolled into one irresistible tale.</p>

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.

Merryn Talks Money: The Gambler Who Invented Modern Money

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