5.4. SUPER-SPENDING RETURNS

MENU: 5.4. Super-spending returns

THE NEED TO ERASE INVESTABLE INCOME REACHES NEW HIGHTS AS THE ECONOMY EXPANDS

Highlighting the king's grandeur was the reason believed, since underlying goals are usually invisible. 

Louis XIV at the siege of  Douai, 1672 par Charles le Brun

 

In brief

• Celebrations

• Favorites

• Creation, destruction, replacement

• The Hall of Mirrors

• Detour: comparable change

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5.4.1.

Celebrations