Profs & Pints: Centuries of Financial Scandal
The Bier Baron Tavern 1523 22nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United StatesProfs and Pints presents: “Centuries of Financial Scandal,” with Trevor Jackson, assistant professor of economic history at George Washington University. In 1720, a gambler and convicted murderer named John Law was appointed to the head of the French finance ministry, and, within six months, produced the world’s first international financial crisis by printing money from […]