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3.4- Necker and the Necklace

Revolutions

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Nekar and the French Revolution - A Brief History

When tergot took over as controller general in 17 74, nekar started publishing economic tracts that attacked the physiocrat reforms. He scoffed at tirgo's complaints that they just couldn't afford it. And he was also in complete agreement with vergen about the benefit of france getting into the american war. On the strength of his personal reputation more than anything else, neker got his loans. Even sceptics in the parliament only fought him a little bit on the first loan and then started registering future requests without complaint.

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