Richard Cantillon

This is a study of Irish-born Richard Cantillon, eighteenth century banker and economist whose Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General (1755), published twenty-one years after his death, remains a significant contribution to the development of monetary theory. Cantillon's life was an exciting story of involvement in high-level international banking, and speculation in foreign exchanges, commodities and stocks at the time of the South Sea Bubble. His death occurred inmysterious circumstances.Murphy, Antoin E. is the author of 'Richard Cantillon', published 1987 under ISBN 9780198285359 and ISBN 0198285353.